New Hampshire Cases Before 1816

The history of the courts in New Hampshire begins in 1776 shortly after the colony of New Hampshire adopted a temporary constitution.  The newly formed legislature abolished the court of appeals, which was made up of the governor and council, and established the "Superior Court of Judicature" as the appellate court, with four justices.  Both Westlaw and Lexis begin reporting NH cases in 1816 when Chief Justice Richardson sat on the Superior Court of Judicature.  Before Justice Richardson, Chief Justice Jeremiah Smith's records of cases were collected and reported in Smith's Reports for the years 1802-1809 and 1813-1816.  In addition, Nathaniel Adams printed a case reporter covering 1816-1819.  You can find these older case reporters on LLMC Digital, in the U.S. States Collection.

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