Altshuler Genealogical Service v. Farris

This is a contract action in which the plaintiff, Alt*99shuler Genealogical Service, a Massachusetts domiciliary, brought suit against Harry O. B. Farris, the administrator of a California decedent’s estate, in New Hampshire to collect money allegedly owed under a service agreement. As a basis for jurisdiction, the plaintiff invoked the New Hampshire long-arm statute, RSA 510:4, I. The sole issue on appeal is whether the Superior Court (Dalianis, J. ) erred in dismissing the plaintiff’s action for lack of in personam or quasi in rem jurisdiction. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

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