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
- Original Source
- https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/8091827/atwood-v-owens/ ↗
Other Sections in This Document (14)
- Atwood v. Owens, 142 N.H. 396 (1997)
- Atwood v. Owens, 142 N.H. 396 (1997)
- Atwood v. Owens, 142 N.H. 396 (1997)
- Atwood v. Owens, 142 N.H. 396 (1997)
- Atwood v. Owens, 142 N.H. 396 (1997)
- Atwood v. Owens, 142 N.H. 396 (1997)
- Atwood v. Owens, 142 N.H. 396 (1997)
- Atwood v. Owens, 142 N.H. 396 (1997)
- Atwood v. Owens, 142 N.H. 396 (1997)
- Atwood v. Owens, 142 N.H. 396 (1997)
- Atwood v. Owens, 142 N.H. 396 (1997)
- Atwood v. Owens, 142 N.H. 396 (1997)
- Atwood v. Owens, 142 N.H. 396 (1997)
- Atwood v. Owens, 142 N.H. 396 (1997)
Full Text
583 charsFurthermore, it is well-settled that we will not redraft a statute to evince a meaning not included in the statutory language. See Lachapelle v. Town of Goffstown, 134 N.H. 478, 479, 593 A.2d 1152, 1153 (1991). Accordingly, we will not interpret this statute to encompass commercial leases where the “residential” component of the leasehold is incidental. “If the security deposit law is to be extended to cover leases which are primarily commercial in nature, it should be done by explicit legislative action which will give fair warning to landlords.” Shwachman, 448 N.E.2d at 411.