In re Estate of Dionne

In considering the contestants’ challenge to RSA 547:23 (Supp. 1985) the majority opinion discusses two distinct issues. It evaluates the merits of the statutory policy of providing for special and contested session fees to supplement probate judges’ salaries, and it holds that policy to be repugnant to part I, article 14 of the Constitution of New Hampshire, guaranteeing the “right to obtain right and justice freely, without being obliged to purchase it.”

Although I do not believe that the merits of the statutory policy are subject to our review, I agree nevertheless with the court’s…