Legal Opinion
Burrows v. City of Keene
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided June 26, 1981No. 80-419PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGrimes, C.J.
The issue in this case is whether an amendment to the Keene zoning ordinance, which had the effect of including a substantial part of the plaintiffs’ land in a conservation district, resulted in a taking of the plaintiffs’ property entitling them to damages for inverse condemnation. We hold that it did.
On October 15, 1973, the plaintiffs, John P. Burrows and George Whitham, purchased approximately 124 acres of undeveloped woodland on the southern side of Goose Pond Road in Keene for $45,000. Plaintiff Burrows is, and has been for many years, a real estate developer, and the property was…
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