BOURGEOIS v. TOWN OF BEDFORD

No. 79-094.

120 N.H. 145 (1980)

MAURICE BOURGEOIS & a. v. TOWN OF BEDFORD.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

March 5, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brown & Nixon, of Manchester (David L. Nixon orally), for the plaintiffs.

Sheehan, Phinney, Bass & Green, of Manchester (James E. Higgins orally), for the defendant.


BROCK, J.

This is a petition for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief arising out of the adoption of a zoning ordinance amendment by the 1978 Bedford town meeting. The principal issue on this appeal is whether substantial compliance with the statutory filing requirements relating to protest petitions is sufficient to require a two-thirds affirmative vote for adoption of a proposed amendment. RSA 31:64 (Supp. 1979).

Plaintiffs, landowners in Bedford who...

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