City of Keene v. Armento

The defendants appeal from a decree of the Superior Court (Brennan, J.) holding that RSA chapter 498-A, rather than RSA chapter 423, should be followed by the City of Keene for eminent domain proceedings involving an extraterritorial airport taking. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

The City of Keene (city) owns and operates the Dillant-Hopkins Airport, which lies almost entirely within the boundaries of the Town of Swanzey (town). Both the city and the town are municipalities in Cheshire County. All defendants are residents of the town and own property either abutting or in the immediate…