Brodeur v. City of Claremont

In October 1979, the Claremont City Council voted to take the plaintiffs’ land for access to a water treatment plant intake station to be built on adjoining property. The plaintiffs unsuccessfully appealed that decision to the Sullivan County Superior Court. They now appeal to this court. We affirm.

Under RSA 47:1, a city council has the authority to condemn land required for public use. Leary v. Manchester, 91 N.H. 442, 444, 21 A.2d 156, 158 (1941). The remedies and proceedings for the taking of land by cities are the same as those for the laying out of highways by selectmen set out in RSA…