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LACHAPELLE v. GOFFSTOWN

No. 5471.

107 N.H. 485 (1967)

CLARENCE L. LACHAPELLE v. GOFFSTOWN.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

Decided January 13, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

King, Nixon & Christy (Mr. Robert Christy orally), for the plaintiff.

Raymond A. Cloutier (by brief and orally), for the defendant.

KENISON, C. J.

In the beginning zoning "sought to safeguard the future, in the expectation that time will repair the mistakes of the past." Basset, Zoning 105 (1940). Experience has demonstrated that this expectation and prophecy has not been fulfilled and that something more than time and hope is required to eliminate or restrict nonconforming uses. Note, 9 U. of Chi. L. Rev. 477, 479 (1942). "One of the outstanding and...

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