context: In construing this statute, I am conscious of the fact that the New Hampshire legislature passed the legislation in question as remedial law to protect subcontractors and others who are not by and large particularly skilled or sophisticated in legal language. The law should be construed in terms of its purpose and in terms of the audience of which it was addressed.
citation_a.signal: cf.
citation_a.identifier: 236 U.S. 558, 560
citation_a.parenthetical: bankrupt law is a "prosy thing intended for ready application to the everyday affairs of practical business"
citation_a.sentence: Quality Carpets v. Carter, 133 N.H. 887, 889, 587 A.2d 254 (1991) (“we will construe statutes so as to effectuate their evident purpose”); cf. Gleason v. Thaw, 236 U.S. 558, 560, 35 S.Ct. 287, 288, 59 L.Ed. 717 (1915) (bankrupt law is a “prosy thing intended for ready application to the everyday affairs of practical business”).
citation_b.signal: no signal
citation_b.identifier: 133 N.H. 887, 889
citation_b.parenthetical: "we will construe statutes so as to effectuate their evident purpose"
citation_b.sentence: Quality Carpets v. Carter, 133 N.H. 887, 889, 587 A.2d 254 (1991) (“we will construe statutes so as to effectuate their evident purpose”); cf. Gleason v. Thaw, 236 U.S. 558, 560, 35 S.Ct. 287, 288, 59 L.Ed. 717 (1915) (bankrupt law is a “prosy thing intended for ready application to the everyday affairs of practical business”).