Turgeon v. City of Somersworth

The plaintiffs by this bill in equity seek to require the city of Somersworth to convey to them certain parcels of land sold to it by the plaintiffs in 1964 and 1966. The case was submitted to the trial court on an agreed statement of facts, memoranda of law, and exhibits. The Court (Mullavey, J.) denied the relief sought and transferred the questions of law presented by plaintiffs’ exception.

From the agreed statement it appears that in 1964 the city of Somersworth proposed to construct a sewer-lagoon system for waste disposal. Negotiations for the purchase of private property necessary for…