PETITION OF LORDEN

No. 90-418.

134 N.H. 594 (1991)

PETITION OF KENNETH A. LORDEN, FREDERICK LORDEN, FRANCIS J. LORDEN, AND LORDEN LUMBER COMPANY, INC. (New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration)

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

August 2, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wiggin & Nourie, of Manchester (Mark A. Langan on the brief and orally), for the plaintiffs.

John P. Arnold, attorney general (Daniel J. Mullen, assistant attorney general, on the brief and orally), for the department of revenue administration.


JOHNSON, J.

The plaintiffs appeal the department of revenue administration's (the DRA) denial of their request for a tax refund. The issue presented is whether the distribution of unencumbered corporate assets to stockholders upon the corporation's dissolution and liquidation is a taxable event subject to a transfer tax pursuant to RSA 78-B:1, I (see Laws 1985, 407:1; current version at Supp. 1990). We hold that the...

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