O. K. Fairbanks Co. v. State

In April 1953, the plaintiff purchased for $54,000 the land known as the Holbrook property situate on the south side of West Street in Keene. This parcel had about 900 feet of frontage along West Street, an average depth of 300 feet, and contained about 270,000 square feet. There was no structure on this land at that time. However, in 1958 plaintiff erected thereon at a cost of $236,000 a supermarket which it operated. In May 1961, plaintiff acquired an adjoining parcel of land of about 266,000 square feet in back of or south of the parcel purchased in 1953 thus bringing its total holdings to…