Nashua Trust Co. v. Sardonis

Although summary judgment has been utilized as an expeditious method for commercial collections for more than a century, it was not adopted in this state until 1955, upon recommendation of the Judicial Council. Fifth Report of N. H. Judicial Council (1954) p. 27; Clark, The Summary Judgment, 36 Minn. L. Rev. 567 (1952); Bauman, The Evolution of the Summary Judgment Procedure, 31 Ind. L. J. 329 (1956). Summary judgment procedure is designed to save time, effort and expense by allowing a final judgment to be entered immediately in those cases where there is no genuine issue of material fact…