Town of Lunenburg v. SUPERVISOR AND BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF UNORGANIZED TOWNS

¶ 1. Plaintiffs, several of the thirteen organized towns in Essex County, sued the Supervisor and Board of Governors of the six unorganized towns and gores of Essex County (UTGs), seeking a declaratory judgment on the disposition of a substantial sum of money in a UTG savings account. On appeal, defendants challenge the superior court’s order requiring them to distribute the bulk of the funds to the organized towns of Essex County. The trial court held that defendants’ view that the statutes that set up the funding mechanism for the UTGs allowed the supervisor to retain the funds indefinitely…