L & L Portsmouth Theatres, Inc. v. City of Portsmouth

The issues in this appeal from the discontinuance of a street by the City Council of Portsmouth are whether plaintiff has standing to appeal and, if so, whether on appeal to the superior court the matter was properly referred to the county commissioners.

Chestnut Street in Portsmouth is a narrow street in the center of the downtown area running southerly from Congress, the main street, past plaintiff’s theater, across Porter Street, another narrow street, thence past the property of Rockingham House, thence across State, a main street, to Court Street where it ends. It is said that its ancient…