Harte v. Town of Bennington

The Town of Bennington appeals from.a judgment of the superior court reducing the assessment of real estate owned by John Harte and the late Gertrude Harte. We affirm.

In 1985, the Bennington Board of Listers assessed the Harte property at $132,000. A subsequent petition to the board of civil authority reduced the assessment to $127,400; the superior court, on appeal, arrived at a figure of $85,000.

The Town asserts that the trial court’s findings were inconsistent with its conclusion that the highest and best use of the land was mixed residential-commercial. The Town also attacks the court’s…