Legal Opinion
Quirk v. Town of New Boston
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided August 14, 1995No. 94-100PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJohnson, J.
Both the defendant, the Town of New Boston (town), and the plaintiff, Thomas E Quirk, appeal from a decision of the Superior Court (Hampsey, J.) involving the town’s zoning ordinance and the plaintiff’s campground. The court rejected the plaintiff’s arguments that the town’s zoning ordinance is unreasonable, effects a taking, denies him equal protection of the law, and interferes with his vested property rights. The court also rejected the town’s request for attorney’s fees but granted its request for costs. We affirm.
The plaintiff purchased his 85.77-acre campground in 1979 for $125,000. The…
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