Town of Windham v. Alfond

The plaintiff town appeals an order of the Superior Court (Nadeau, J.), denying an injunction against the defendants’ use of their residentially zoned property for the stabling and pasturing of horses kept for their personal recreation. The town contends that the court erred both in ruling that keeping horses was lawful as accessory to residential use under the local zoning ordinance, and in concluding that the conduct of town officials would, in any case, disqualify the town from obtaining the injunction requested. We reverse.

In February, 1983, the defendants, Howard and Joanne Alfond,…