Morse v. Ford

Memorandum Opinion

This case concerns the propriety of an award of attorney’s fees to an indemnitee in a suit for indemnification. The parties in this case were all defendants in a prior action for damages. That case was settled for $47,000, the plaintiffs in the instant case paying one-half that sum and the defendants paying the other $23,500. The plaintiffs had offered the defendants the opportunity to defend that action, which was refused. Consequently, under our long-standing law, the plaintiffs were able to maintain an action foj indemnification. Chase v. Bennett, 59 N.H. 394 (1879). The…