Legal Opinion
McGranahan v. Dahar
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided October 24, 1979No. 78-214PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrock, J.
This action for defamation and “malicious use of process” presents the question of how much protection from civil liability is afforded persons participating in judicial proceedings.
The defendant, Victor W. Dahar, is an attorney who owns real estate in the city of Manchester. The lessee of one of Dahar’s properties, American Snacks, Inc., applied for and was granted a tax abatement for the property for 1973. Following its usual procedure, the city issued and sent the abatement check to Dahar, the record owner of the property. Early in 1975, American Snacks brought suit in the Hillsborough…
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