CAREY v. TOWN OF WESTMORELAND

No. 79-403.

120 N.H. 374 (1980)

KAREN R. CAREY & a. v. TOWN OF WESTMORELAND.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

May 12, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

W. H. Watson, of Keene, by brief and orally, for the defendant.


GRIMES, C.J.

[1] The issue in this zoning appeal is whether it is unjust and unreasonable for the defendant town to require the plaintiffs to install a septic tank system on their premises when the plaintiffs have in use a system which meets all the requirements of State regulations and poses no health hazard. We hold that the town's action is unreasonable.

The plaintiffs are Quakers who, in May of 1977, purchased 11.4 acres of land in the town of Westmoreland...

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