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Peter Woodbury

Served 1933-1941

Seat 5

All Supreme Court seats

Appointed by: Governor John G. Winant
Confirmed by: New Hampshire Executive Council
Source: State of New Hampshire Manual for the General Court, 1977, Supreme Court historical service list

Case opinions: 111

Court Seat Timeline

Seat 5 Gordon J. MacDonald

William Henry Harrison Allen 1876-1893

Robert J. Peaslee 1898-1901

Reuben E. Walker 1901-1921

Leslie P. Snow 1921-1932

Peter Woodbury 1933-1941

Henri A. Burque 1941-1947

Amos N. Blandin Jr. 1947-1966

William A. Grimes 1966-1981

William F. Batchelder 1981-1995

John T. Broderick Jr. 1995-2010

Robert J. Lynn 2010-2019

Gordon J. MacDonald 2021-present

Case Opinions Written

February 4, 1941 - Athanasios Papakalos v. Athan Shaka, 91 N.H. 265 (1941)
February 4, 1941 - Grace Baker Cedergren v. Seymour Hadaway, 91 N.H. 270 (1941)
January 7, 1941 - Lloyd Dowling v. L. H. Shattuck, Inc., 91 N.H. 234 (1941)
December 3, 1940 - Roland Henri Langelier v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 91 N.H. 529 (1940)
November 6, 1940 - Fred L. Phinney v. Cheshire County Savings Bank et al., 91 N.H. 184 (1940)
October 1, 1940 - Alice Ducharme v. The National Bank of Lebanon, 91 N.H. 528 (1940)
October 1, 1940 - Lorenzo D. H. Ford, Ap'T. v. Charles Baker Ford Estate, Ap'Ee, 91 N.H. 161 (1940)
October 1, 1940 - Walter P. Lachance et al. v. Joseph Dondero et al., 91 N.H. 157 (1940)
September 3, 1940 - Thomas A. Caldwell v. Georgie W. Yeatman and Alfred S. Despres; Bernard C. Caldwell v. Same, 91 N.H. 150 (1940)
June 20, 1940 - State v. Ellen Louise White, 91 N.H. 109 (1940)
May 27, 1940 - Evangeline Papandrou v. Caledonian Insurance Co.; Same v. Commonwealth Insurance Company of New York; Same v. Hartford Fire Insurance Co., 91 N.H. 84 (1940)
May 27, 1940 - George Ross v. Chester H. Burnham; Same v. Roderique Desharnais; Same v. Raymond Desharnais; Same v. Donald W. Fish; Fernande Ross v. Chester H. Burnham; Same v. Raymond G. Desharnais; Same v. Donald W. Fish; Laconia Plumbing & Heating Supply Co., Inc. v. Raymond G. Desharnais; Chester H. Burnham v. Roderique Desharnais; Same v. Raymond G. Desharnais; Same v. Donald W. Fish, 91 N.H. 80 (1940)
May 7, 1940 - George P. Munsey, Trustee, et al. v. G. H. Tilton & Son Company, 91 N.H. 51 (1940)
May 7, 1940 - Walter S. Wheeler v. Frank J. Grimes et al., 91 N.H. 49 (1940)
April 15, 1940 - Belknap County v. Carroll County, 91 N.H. 36 (1940)
April 15, 1940 - Walter D. Robinson, Adm'R v. William O. Dixon et al., 91 N.H. 29 (1940)
April 2, 1940 - Sarah E. Hall v. Merrimack Mutual Fire Insurance Co.; Same v. Orient Insurance Co.; Same v. New York Underwriters Insurance Co.; Same v. Atlas Assurance Co., L'T'D, 91 N.H. 6 (1940)
March 5, 1940 - Sterling Cider Co., Inc. v. William H. Jackson et al., 90 N.H. 541 (1940)
January 2, 1940 - Manchester Supply Company v. Leah Dearborn et al., 90 N.H. 447 (1940)
January 2, 1940 - Mary P. Folsom, Adm'X v. Eva Goodwin and Charles D. Barnard, Adm'R. Same v. Leon C. Goodwin, 90 N.H. 467 (1940)
December 5, 1939 - Arthur J. Lacourse v. Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, 90 N.H. 424 (1939)
December 5, 1939 - Edward P. Daley, et al., Ap'Ts v. Judge of Probate, 90 N.H. 381 (1939)
December 5, 1939 - Emanuel Ballas v. F. W. Woolworth Company; Jasimine Ballas v. Same; Emanuel Ballas v. H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc; Jasimine Ballas v. Same, 90 N.H. 428 (1939)
December 5, 1939 - Lawrence Schofield v. E. R. Bates & Company, 90 N.H. 422 (1939)
November 7, 1939 - Clara B. Morrill et al. v. Amoskeag Savings Bank et al., 90 N.H. 358 (1939)
October 3, 1939 - Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Company v. Edward McCarthy et al., 90 N.H. 320 (1939)
October 3, 1939 - Nathan I. White and Walter M. Espovich, Adm'Rs v. Arnold Wood Heel Co., 90 N.H. 315 (1939)
June 22, 1939 - Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company v. Charles D. White et al., 90 N.H. 301 (1939)
May 31, 1939 - Cora Lafountaine v. Earl Moore, 90 N.H. 258 (1939)
May 31, 1939 - Justine I. Ruel, ex'X v. Eva G. Hardy, et al., 90 N.H. 240 (1939)
May 2, 1939 - Esther G. Keck v. Russell C. Hinkley; Esther G. Keck, Adm'X v. Same; Clarence W. Palm, By His Father and Next Friend Carl H. Palm v. Same; W. v. T. Hinkley v. Clarence W. Palm, 90 N.H. 181 (1939)
April 4, 1939 - Apostolos Boucouvalas v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co., 90 N.H. 175 (1939)
April 4, 1939 - John W. Jackson v. Albert M. Smart, 90 N.H. 153 (1939)
March 7, 1939 - George W. Blenn v. Allen D. Morrill, 90 N.H. 109 (1939)
March 7, 1939 - State v. J. Leonard Sweeney, 90 N.H. 127 (1939)
February 7, 1939 - Eugene E. Ferris v. Joseph Saulnier, 90 N.H. 96 (1939)
February 7, 1939 - Gladys N. Bowdler v. St. Johnsbury Trucking Company et al., 90 N.H. 68 (1939)
February 7, 1939 - James Brady v. Keene, 90 N.H. 99 (1939)
January 3, 1939 - Orman Mann v. Peterson Motor Express, Inc. et al., 90 N.H. 1 (1939)
December 6, 1938 - Charles P. Heffenger, Adm'R v. Charles P. Heffenger. et al., ex'Rs, 89 N.H. 530 (1938)
November 1, 1938 - Charles Hazen v. P. H. Rice Corporation; Same v. Richard Barry, 89 N.H. 522 (1938)
November 1, 1938 - Mae E. Davis v. W. T. Grant Company, 89 N.H. 520 (1938)
June 21, 1938 - Amoskeag Trust Company et al. v. Trustees of Dartmouth College et al., 89 N.H. 471 (1938)
June 7, 1938 - H. P. Welch Company v. State, 89 N.H. 428 (1938)
May 3, 1938 - Berl S. Raymond v. Henry Bujold, 89 N.H. 380 (1938)
March 1, 1938 - Dorothy Stone v. Margaret I. Johnson, ex'X, 89 N.H. 329 (1938)
March 1, 1938 - Mabel B. Austin v. Boston & Maine Railroad; Cleland Austin v. Same; Donald Knowlton, Adm'R v. Same; Richard Austin v. Same; Margaret Austin v. Same, 89 N.H. 309 (1938)
February 1, 1938 - Honton Anthony Sedlewicz v. Agnes A. Milaisky, 89 N.H. 269 (1938)
February 1, 1938 - Tuftonboro v. Iva M. Willard, 89 N.H. 253 (1938)
January 4, 1938 - Richard Pickett v. Norwood Calef & Company, 89 N.H. 244 (1938)
December 7, 1937 - Elsie Putnam, ex'X v. Scott L. Bowman; Elsie Putnam v. Same; Scott L. Bowman v. Elsie Putnam, ex'X, 89 N.H. 200 (1937)
December 7, 1937 - John W. Jackson v. Albert Smart, 89 N.H. 174 (1937)
November 2, 1937 - Mabel Abbott, Adm'X v. Prudential Insurance Company of America, 89 N.H. 149 (1937)
November 2, 1937 - Wells R. Sargent v. Firemen's Insurance Co., 89 N.H. 171 (1937)
June 24, 1937 - Century Indemnity Co. v. Maryland Casualty Co. et al., 89 N.H. 121 (1937)
June 24, 1937 - Patrick J. Kelley v. James P. Lee; Daniel L. Murphy v. Same; James P. Lee v. Patrick J. Kelley; Chauncy B. Hoyt v. Same; Willis M. Wallace v. Same; Nicholas J. Groux v. Same, 89 N.H. 100 (1937)
June 24, 1937 - State v. Eugene Guertin, 89 N.H. 126 (1937)
June 1, 1937 - Helena G. Trudeau v. Manchester Coal & Ice Co.; F. Lawrence Bulfinch v. Same, 89 N.H. 83 (1937)
June 1, 1937 - Wilbur W. Hutchins v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. et al., 89 N.H. 79 (1937)
May 4, 1937 - J. P. Goddard Realty & Bakery Co., Inc. v. William Bugbee; William Bugbee v. J. P. Goddard Realty & Bakery Co., Inc., 89 N.H. 34 (1937)
April 6, 1937 - Joseph E. Belisle et al. v. Horace E. Belisle et al., 88 N.H. 459 (1937)
March 2, 1937 - Mabel Johnson Smith, Adm'X v. Boston & Maine Railroad; Florence A. Smith v. Same, 88 N.H. 430 (1937)
February 2, 1937 - Dorothy Johnson Gallienne v. Becker Brothers Shoe Co., 88 N.H. 375 (1937)
February 2, 1937 - John R. Allison v. Boston & Maine Railroad; C. E. Jarvis, Adm'R v. Same, 88 N.H. 420 (1937)
February 2, 1937 - Norman M. Bean v. Philadelphia Fire & Marine Insurance Co.; Same v. Mercantile Fire Insurance Co. of America, 88 N.H. 416 (1937)
January 5, 1937 - John Gaudette, Adm'R v. Joseph McLaughlin, 88 N.H. 368 (1937)
January 5, 1937 - Winthrop Wadleigh, Adm'R v. Robert Howson et al.; John C. Ahern v. Same, 88 N.H. 365 (1937)
December 1, 1936 - Anselm Harmon, Adm'R v. Zoar J. Richardson, 88 N.H. 312 (1936)
December 1, 1936 - Frederick R. Connell v. Diamond T. Truck Co., Inc., 88 N.H. 316 (1936)
December 1, 1936 - Harold L. Barnard v. Old Colony Insurance Co., 88 N.H. 292 (1936)
November 4, 1936 - Carrie Louise Bellows v. John M. Page, Trustee, 88 N.H. 283 (1936)
November 4, 1936 - Mary Cyr v. Boston & Maine Railroad; Venie Cyr v. Same, 88 N.H. 278 (1936)
June 26, 1936 - Francis Sheehy v. Marie Sheehy et al., 88 N.H. 223 (1936)
June 2, 1936 - Jennie B. Demers v. Esther Flack, 88 N.H. 184 (1936)
June 2, 1936 - Valentine McBride v. Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, 88 N.H. 187 (1936)
May 5, 1936 - Emily G. Moore, Adm'X v. Rumford Printing Company, 88 N.H. 134 (1936)
May 5, 1936 - Ida May Frost v. Horace M. Stevens, 88 N.H. 164 (1936)
April 7, 1936 - Brown-Wales Company v. George E. Barber, 88 N.H. 103 (1936)
April 7, 1936 - James E. McGinley v. John Hancock Mutual Life Ins. Co.; Same v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 88 N.H. 108 (1936)
March 3, 1936 - Mary J. Levesque et al. v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 88 N.H. 41 (1936)
February 4, 1936 - State v. John B. Eames, 87 N.H. 477 (1936)
January 7, 1936 - Frederick P. Hanford, Guardian v. Frank B. Clancy, Trustee, 87 N.H. 458 (1936)
December 3, 1935 - Frank Turcotte v. Prudential Insurance Company of America, 87 N.H. 440 (1935)
November 5, 1935 - Lyman A. Fontaine, Adm'R v. Victor G. Charas; Lyman A. Fontaine v. Same, 87 N.H. 424 (1935)
October 1, 1935 - Annie K. Palmer v. Ferdinand B. Edgerly et al., 87 N.H. 391 (1935)
June 4, 1935 - Arthur S. Peak v. Nashua Gummed and Coated Paper Company, 87 N.H. 350 (1935)
June 4, 1935 - Lila Howe v. Henry J. Howe et al., 87 N.H. 338 (1935)
May 7, 1935 - Augustine Semprini, Adm'R v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 87 N.H. 279 (1935)
March 5, 1935 - Charles A. Bacon v. Walter S. Thompson et al., 87 N.H. 270 (1935)
February 5, 1935 - Joseph Larose v. Philip Porter, 87 N.H. 241 (1935)
January 1, 1935 - Helen Buttrick v. The Woman's Hospital Aid Association, 87 N.H. 194 (1935)
January 1, 1935 - Roger Bissonnette v. Joseph Cheverette, 87 N.H. 211 (1935)
December 4, 1934 - Edward Gagne v. New Haven Road Construction Company, 87 N.H. 163 (1934)
December 4, 1934 - Mary McCourt v. John Travers, 87 N.H. 185 (1934)
November 7, 1934 - Florida Gilbert v. Edward Desmarais, 87 N.H. 150 (1934)
November 7, 1934 - Robert F. Davis v. Frank E. Grimes, 87 N.H. 133 (1934)
September 4, 1934 - Elizabeth Sweeney, Adm'X v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 87 N.H. 90 (1934)
June 28, 1934 - American Bridge Company v. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, 87 N.H. 62 (1934)
June 28, 1934 - Benjamin Rabalsky et al. ex'Rs v. Abraham I. Kook et al., 87 N.H. 56 (1934)
June 5, 1934 - George E. Kelley, ex'R v. Elvira R. Keniston et al., 87 N.H. 43 (1934)
June 5, 1934 - Marshall P. Clark v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 87 N.H. 36 (1934)
June 5, 1934 - Yvonne C. Ricard, Adm'X, v. The Prudential Insurance Company of America, 87 N.H. 31 (1934)
April 3, 1934 - John Durand v. Julius Cohen, 86 N.H. 575 (1934)
February 6, 1934 - Bertha L. Dame et al. v. Nellie M. Fernald et al., 86 N.H. 468 (1934)
February 6, 1934 - Chung Mee Restaurant Co. v. Michael J. Healy, 86 N.H. 483 (1934)
December 5, 1933 - Fannie Feuerstein v. Joseph Grady, et al.; Louis Feuerstein v. Same, 86 N.H. 406 (1933)
December 5, 1933 - Mary O'Brien v. John C. Donohoe; Edward P. Bigley v. Same, 86 N.H. 372 (1933)
November 7, 1933 - Isaac Sakansky et al. v. Robert Wein et al., 86 N.H. 337 (1933)
June 29, 1933 - Bertha Giguere v. Boston & Maine Railroad and Lawrence Grinnell; Edward Giguere v. Same; Lawrence Grinnell v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 86 N.H. 294 (1933)
June 29, 1933 - Ephraim Duhaime v. Prudential Insurance Company of America, 86 N.H. 307 (1933)
June 6, 1933 - Alphonse Mason v. Wayland F. Andrews, 86 N.H. 277 (1933)