Krook v. Blomberg

As early as 1860 and quite consistently since that time it has been the practice in this state “ . . . that the court may make such orders in each case, from time to time, as justice may require.” Deming v. Foster, 42 N. H. 165, 179; LaCoss v. Lebanon, 78 N. H. 413, 417; Dame v. Seaward, ante, 125. The rationale of our practice has been well expressed in Taylor v. Thomas, 77 N. H. 410, 411: “But as the law is now administered, there is no such thing as property in a piece of evidence. It is now universally recognized that the object of a trial is to ascertain the truth by rational means. The…