Potter v. Chettle

OPINION

SHEA, Justice.

This matter is before the Supreme Court pursuant to our grant of a petition for a writ of certiorari. The petitioners seek a review of a Superior Court decision that granted the respondent a building permit. We quash the judgment of the Superior Court.

The plaintiff below, James Potter (respondent), purchased lot Nos. 157 and 135 on assessor’s plat No. 39 in the town of Coventry, on December 8, 1980. On May 11, 1987, respondent filed a building-permit application for the construction of a single-family dwelling on lot No. 157. The following day the application was denied…