68 A. 537 | N.H. | 1907
Section 5, chapter 245, Public Statutes, provides that "a person doing business in this state . . . may be summoned upon trustee process." It is clear that the purpose of this section is to enable creditors to reach the property of their debtors in the possession of non-residents; and if the language the legislature used is capable of more than one construction, it is probable the one which will promote that purpose was intended. If, therefore, "doing business in this state" is fairly capable of a construction which will include the care of real property, it was probably the legislative intent to include within the operation of the section non-resident landowners having resident agents in charge of their property.
"Business" is a word in common use to describe every occupation in which men engage (Goddard v. Chaffee, 2 Allen 395; People v. Commissioners,
Exception overruled.
All concurred.