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INTERNAL PROTOTYPE — NOT LEGAL ADVICE — DO NOT SEND

Atwood v. Owens, 142 N.H. 396 (1997)

Citation
Atwood v. Owens, 142 N.H. 396 (1997)
Parent Document
Atwood v. Owens, 142 N.H. 396 (1997)
Jurisdiction
New Hampshire (state)
Effective Date
1997-11-06

Full Text

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The parties were ultimately unable to agree on a purchase price for the tavern and accordingly terminated their negotiations during the summer of 1995. The defendants subsequently served the plaintiff with notice that they would leave the tavern at the end of November 1995. In September 1995, the defendants demanded that the plaintiff immediately return $3,500 of the original security deposit, which they claimed was illegally collected since RSA 540-A:6 provides that security deposits be limited to a sum equivalent to one month’s rent. In response, the plaintiff filed a petition for declaratory relief to determine whether he had unlawfully collected and withheld the security deposit pursuant to RSA 540-A:6.