Cutting v. Town of Wentworth

The plaintiff appeals an order of the Superior Court {Johnson, J.) dismissing his petition for writ of certiorari brought under RSA 677:15 (Supp. 1983). The plaintiff alleged inter alia that the planning board of the defendant town had acted illegally, unreasonably and unconstitutionally in requiring him to furnish a bond to secure his obligation to construct a road and other improvements before it would approve his proposed subdivision. See RSA 674:36, III (Supp. 1983). The plaintiff alleged that the defendant had acted with the twin purposes of depriving the plaintiff and others of the…