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NELSON v. PUBLIC SERVICE CO. OF N.H.

No. 78-236.

119 N.H. 327 (1979)

RUDOLPH S. NELSON, JR. v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

May 17, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Michael Love, of Manchester, by brief and orally, for the Legislative Utility Consumers' Council, on behalf of Rudolph S. Nelson, Jr.

Sulloway, Hollis, Godfrey & Soden, of Concord (Martin L. Gross orally), for Public Service Company of New Hampshire.

Thomas D. Rath, attorney general, and David William Jordan, assistant attorney general, for the State as amicus curiae.

DOUGLAS, J.

This case requires us to decide whether a district court's small claims jurisdiction extends to a ratepayer's action against a public utility to recover an alleged utility rate overcharge. The defendant appeals from a verdict in plaintiff's favor in the amount of $21.73 in a small claims action brought in the Manchester District Court. The defendant's exceptions to the denials of its motions to dismiss and set aside the verdict were transferred by O...

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