Bauer v. Whitehouse

*849Memorandum Opinion

After an eight-day trial of this alienation of affection suit, the jury was deadlocked five to one for the defendant and a mistrial was declared. Defendant’s motion for a bond as security for costs in the amount of ten percent of the ad damnum of one hundred thousand dollars was granted, and plaintiff’s exception was transferred by Cann, J.

RSA 525:3 authorizes the superior court for good cause shown to order security for costs. We cannot say that the justice who observed the parties and heard the evidence during the eight-day trial could not have found good cause to require…