UTICA MUTUAL INS. CO. v. PLANTE

No. 5380.

106 N.H. 525 (1965)

UTICA MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. FREDERICK J. PLANTE & a.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

Decided December 7, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Devine, Millimet, McDonough, Stahl & Branch and E. Donald Dufresne (Mr. Dufresne orally), for the plaintiff.

Shute & Engel and Francis J. Frasier (Mr. Frasier orally), for the defendants.


LAMPRON, J.

The law is well settled in New Hampshire that there can be no recovery of counsel fees from the adverse party to a cause in the absence of statutory authorization, agreement between the parties, or some established exception. Jacques v. Company, 78 N.H. 248, 250. This is in accord with the law of most jurisdictions. Shapiro v. Magaziner, 418 Pa. 278;...

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