Legal Opinion
Pownal Development Corp. v. Pownal Tanning Co.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided November 17, 2000No. 98-577PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Katz, Supr. J.
This appeal brings together hoary principles of foreclosure law with contemporary concerns regarding polluted land. The State appeals the trial court’s decree of partial foreclosure, arguing that permitting the mortgagee to foreclose on nine valuable parcels, and leave a tenth polluted lot behind, is both inequitable and impermissible under the common law and also contrary to Vermont’s Waste Management Act. See 10 V.S.A. §§ 6601-6632. We affirm.
For decades, Pownal Tanning Co. permitted industrial waste to spill about its mill site (the Mill Lot), including the bed of the Hoosic…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Dewitt v. Town of Brattleboro Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Vermont · 1970
- Bogie v. Town of BarnetSupreme Court of Vermont · 1970
- Bodner v. BricknerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1968
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