Delbonis Sand & Gravel Co. v. Town of Richmond

OPINION

Justice FLAHERTY, for the Court.

The plaintiffs, Delbonis Sand & Gravel Co. and Frank Delbonis (Delbonis or plaintiffs), appeal the judgment of the Superior Court for Washington County in favor of the defendant, the Town of Richmond (the town or defendant). The plaintiffs had sought declaratory judgment and the issuance of a writ of mandamus with respect to the merger by the town’s tax assessor of eleven two-acre lots into four four-acre lots and a single six-acre lot under the terms of an ordinance providing for merger of substandard lots in common ownership. 1 Del-bonis asked the…