Price v. City of Keene

The issue in this case is whether the plaintiff, whose right-of-way was taken by the City of Keene when it approved the intervenors’ subdivision, is entitled to a hearing on her damages under RSA ch. 498-A (Supp. 1979 & 1981).

In May 1979, the City of Keene Plainning Board granted *841subdivision approval to the intervenors. “Red Oak Drive,” a public road, was to bisect the subdivision and cut across portions of the plaintiffs pre-existing right-of-way. Because of this interference with her right-of-way, the plaintiff challenged the planning board’s action by filing a petition for writ of…