Legal Opinion
Stone v. Cray
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided June 21, 1938PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAllen, C. J.
The case should be amended by substituting for the plaintiffs the Town of Lancaster. The selectmen are not entitled to relief. Although they are the proper officials to institute the proceeding (P. L., c. 42, s. 67), it should be in the name of the town. It is their matter for action only in behalf of the town as the real party seeking the injunction.
The order allowing the supplemental bill to be filed was not erroneous. It set forth a vote of the town amending the town's original zoning ordinance and passed at a date subsequent to the first hearing on the bill. Pleadings to present new…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Woolf v. FullerSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1934
- Sundeen v. RogersSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1928
- State v. GriffinSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1896
- Whitney v. WatsonSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1931
- Coleman v. School District of RochesterSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1936
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Montgomery County v. Merlands Club, Inc.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1953
- Service Realty Corporation v. Planning & Zoning Board of AppealsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1954
- Mitchell Land Co. v. Planning & Zoning Board of AppealsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1953
- Marshall v. Salt Lake CityUtah Supreme Court · 1943
- Piper v. MeredithSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1970
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