FEARON v. TOWN OF AMHERST

No. 7314.

116 N.H. 392 (1976)

LANE F. FEARON & a. v. TOWN OF AMHERST

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

June 30, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eaton, Eaton, Moody & Solms and Robert I. Eaton for the plaintiff, filed no brief.

Enright, Lizotte & Drescher (William R. Drescher orally) for the defendant.

Warren B. Rudman, attorney general, and Charles G. Cleaveland, assistant attorney general (Mr. Cleaveland orally), for the Board of Taxation and Commissioner of Revenue.


KENISON, C.J.

This is an appeal by the town of Amherst from a decision of the board of taxation which abated the taxes on certain land owned by the plaintiffs. RSA 76:16-a (Supp. 1975). The plaintiffs acquired four contiguous tracts by separate conveyances at different times. The tracts range in size from 11 acres to 122 acres. The town considered two acres of each tract to be a house lot, and assessed this portion at a higher value per acre than the remainder. The...

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