Dodge v. Town of Norridgewock

CLIFFORD, Justice.

The plaintiff, Sharon Dodge, appeals from the Superior Court’s (Somerset County, Browne, A.R.J.) dismissal of her complaint seeking a declaration that the defendant Town of Norridgewock is required to give written reasons for its denial of an application for an abatement, and an injunction to compel the Town to do so. We find no abuse of discretion in the Superior Court’s refusal to exercise its declaratory judgment jurisdiction in the procedural posture of this case and affirm the judgment.

Based upon her poverty, Sharon Dodge applied in 1989 for an abatement of the 1987,…