Sullivan v. Faria

The defendants in this civil action are the town clerk, the councilmen, the building inspector, and various other officials of the town of Bristol. The plain tiffs are the owners of two parcels of Bristol real estate. A jury-waived trial was held in the Superior Court. Only the question of liability was tried at this time. The trial justice denied and dismissed the plaintiffs’ three-count complaint which charged (1) that a 1971 recision of a 1970 zoning ordinance amendment was illegal; (2) that the council had conspired to deprive the plaintiffs of all beneficial use of their land; and (3)…