Seal Tanning Co. v. City of Manchester

This case involves two petitions to abate sewer rental charges under RSA 252:15. The two cases were consolidated by the superior court and heard by a master. The main issue concerns the authority of the city of Manchester to impose a sewer rental charge on the plaintiffs for the use of a sewer to which they are not yet connected. The Master (Chester C. Eaton, Esq.) recommended that the sewer rental charge be abated until the plaintiffs’ sewer facilities are connected to the sewer system, and that the plaintiffs be refunded all prior rental charges. The superior court approved the master’s…