Winslow v. Town of Holderness Planning Board

The principal question before us on this appeal is whether the decision of a planning board is rendered invalid by the participation of a board member whose earlier remarks, before he became a board member, indicated that he had prejudged the case. The superior court ruled that the remarks in question were sufficient evidence of prejudgment to disqualify the board member, and *265that his participation rendered the board’s decision voidable under the rule of Rollins v. Connor, 74 N.H. 456, 69 A. 777 (1908). We affirm.

Anthony Raymond, the co-defendant in this case, owns 1.23 acres of land on Squam…