New Castle v. Rand

Traditionally courts in New Hampshire have proceeded on the basic assumption that the orderly dispatch of judicial business is accomplished more efficiently where every plaintiff and every defendant is given adequate opportunity to properly prepare his case before trial. LaCoss v. Lebanon, 78 N. H. 413; Lefebvre v. Somersworth Co., 93 N. H. 354, 358; State v. Cote, 95 N. H. 108, 111. Ever since the leading case of Reynolds v. Fibre Co., 71 N. H. 332, 345, parties, under the discretionary control of the Trial Court, have been allowed to obtain information by means of discovery as well as…