Levasseur v. Board of Selectmen

This petition, filed in early February 1976 by voters of the town of Hudson, seeks a declaratory judgment that the defendant selectmen are in violation of various statutory provisions, and seeks remedial injunctive relief. The first issue presented by the petition was advanced by the trial court for early hearing, since it arose out of the refusal by the selectmen to place upon the warrant for the March 1976 annual town meeting an article presented to them by petition of twenty-five voters of the town, as provided by RSA 39:3 (Supp. 1975).

After hearing, the Court (Perkins, J.) on February 12,…