Bakala v. Town of Stonington

ROBERTS, Justice.

Benjamin Jeffries appeals from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Hancock County, Mills, J.) vacating the decision of the Stonington Board of Appeals that affirmed the issuance of his building permit. He argues that the board correctly concluded that a prior conveyance of his property, which at the time was the middle portion of a larger parcel of land, did not create an illegal three-lot subdivision. We agree, and vacate the judgment.

The lot that now belongs to Jeffries was originally acquired by Ralph Connor in 1970 as the southern half of a larger parcel of land…