277:30 Notice; Procedure. –
Such notice shall be given to the commissioner of the pendency of such proceedings as the superior court may order. Such petition, so far as practicable, shall have precedence over other actions in the same court, and the order appealed from shall be prima facie valid and reasonable. The proceedings upon such petition shall be as nearly as may be in accordance with proceedings in equity, and the court shall make such order or decree as justice may require.