Petrone v. Town of Foster

OPINION

After subdividing their property without planning-board approval, the plaintiffs, Helen Petrone, Christine Petrone, and the Estate of Benjamin Petrone, claimed that the defendants, the Town of Foster (town) and certain of its officials, unlawfully deprived them of their property rights and taxed them improperly. As a result, they filed suit against the town, by and through its treasurer, Carl Saccoccio — both individually and in his capacity as the town’s building official — and against Pamela Fon-taine, individually and in her capacity as tax collector. 1 The plaintiffs have appealed…