BATCHELDER, J.
This appeal involves a question of first impression: May a public official, who prevails in an action to retain his official position, recover attorney's fees for that action? We hold that he may.
The plaintiff, Edward Silva, then a selectman for the Town of Merrimack, brought an action against the other selectmen on April 11, 1980, contending that he had been wrongfully removed from the position of ex-officio representative on the town planning...
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