EXETER v. BRITTON

No. 6998.

115 N.H. 209 (1975)

TOWN OF EXETER v. JAMES R. BRITTON d.b.a. SHERWOOD FOREST

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

April 30, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scammon, Gage & Whitman (Mr. Robert G. Whitman orally) for the plaintiff.

Shaw and Robertson and Francis G. Holland (Mr. Robert Shaw orally) for the defendant.


GRIMES, J.

The issue on appeal is whether municipal immunity bars the collection of costs and damages on an injunction bond furnished by a town as a condition precedent to securing a temporary injunction restraining an alleged violation of the town's zoning ordinance. We hold that it does not.

In 1970, the defendant acquired a parcel of land in a district where mobile homes were then permitted under the Exeter zoning ordinance. He intended to eventually provide...

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