Case file #5470 Gossler v. City of Manchester, 107 N.H. 310, 1966-1967

Collection Name:

Frank R. Kenison Papers, 1946-1974

Title:

Case file #5470 Gossler v. City of Manchester, 107 N.H. 310, 1966-1967

Creator:

Kenison, Frank R., 1907-1980
Nixon, David L.
Anderson, Leon W.
Craft, Carl C.
Lampron, Edward John, 1909
Duncan, Laurence I., 1906-1982
Blandin, Amos Noyes, 1896
Cardoso, William J.
Concord Daily Monitor
King, Nixon & Christy
Sulloway, Hollis, Godfrey & Soden

Creator Role:

Author

Accession / Call Number:

1981.112

Object ID:

1981.112.5470

Date:

1966-1967

Type of Material:

textual record

Physical Description:

1 folder

Language:

English

Scope and Content:

New Hampshire Supreme Court case file #5470 Mildred M. Gossler v. City of Manchester and Harry A. Gossler v. City of Manchester, 1966-1967. The documents in this file include a plaintiff's brief by King, Nixon & Christy and a brief of Edith Boisvert, Amicus Curiae, by Sulloway, Hollis, Godfrey & Soden, both dated April 1966. Both these documents include notes presumably by Frank R. Kenison and state the case is an action against Manchester, NH, to recover damages due to personal injuries to Mildred and expenses incurred due to this injury by Harry as a result of a fall on a defective portion of a city sidewalk on October 15, 1959. Also included are photocopies and excerpts from publications including the American Trial Lawyers Association Newsletter from October 1966, the New Hampshire Supreme Court Speaks Out from June 1966, the United States Law Week from August 1966, and the New Hampshire Town and City from June 1967; memos from 1966 from Edward J. Lampron on July 12th, Laurence Ilsley Duncan on July 13th, Amos Noyes Blandin on July 13th, regarding their thoughts on the case; a newspaper article in the Concord Daily Monitor on August 15, 1966, by Leon W. Anderson, which reports on the case; a letter from Frank R. Kenison to the editorial department of the West Publishing Company in Saint Paul, MN, dated September 6, 1966, which provides a correction on a publication; a letter from David L. Nixon in Manchester, NH, to Kenison in Concord, NH, dated October 31, 1967, which brings Kenison's attention to an article published in the 1966 Annual Survey of American Law; and a reply from Kenison to Nixon dated November 1, 1967, thanking him for the letter and providing his reaction to the article.

Subjects:

Court records , Courts , Judges , Judgments , Law , Cities and towns , Correspondence

Locations:

Manchester, NH
Concord, NH
Saint Paul, MN
Hillsborough County, NH

People:

Gossler, Mildred M. , Gossler, Henry A. , Boisvert, Edith , Roche, Francis , Voilette, Robert , Leonard, Richard , Nixon, David L. , Kenison, Frank R., 1907-1980 , Anderson, Leon W. , Craft, Carl C. , Lampron, Edward John, 1909 , Duncan, Laurence I., 1906-1982 , Blandin, Amos Noyes, 1896 , Cardoso, William J.

Organizations:

New Hampshire. Supreme Court
American Trial Lawyers Association
West Publishing Company
King, Nixon & Christy
Sulloway, Hollis, Godfrey & Soden
Concord Daily Monitor
King, Nixon, Christy & Tessier

Terms of Use:

For permission to reproduce or publish material from this collection, please contact the New Hampshire Historical Society. Researchers are responsible for following all copyright and intellectual property laws.

Credit Line:

Gift of the estate of Frank R. Kenison.

Restrictions:

Available for research.

Level Description:

File

Box Number:

30