Kostrelos v. Merrill

The plaintiffs by their petitions have alleged in substance that Laws 1953, c. 237 (now RSA ch. 257) directed the defendant Commissioner of Public Works and Highways to construct a highway from Seabrook to Rochester, a portion-of which should be known as the “Spaulding Turnpike”; that by vote of September 30, 1953, the Governor and Council approved “the layout” of a portion of the Spaulding Turnpike as proposed by the Department of Public Works and Highways, and also voted that “a service access road as a Class V Highway will be constructed ... by the [Department] on the easterly side of the…