BELL v. AREL

No. 81-457

123 N.H. 311 (1983)

ROBERT J. BELL & a. v. MAURICE AREL, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NASHUA, & a.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

May 9, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holland & Aivalikles, of Nashua (Francis G. Holland on the brief and orally), for the plaintiffs.

Robert P. Sullivan, deputy corporation counsel for the City of Nashua, by brief and orally, for the defendants.


BOIS, J.

The plaintiffs appeal from a Superior Court (Dunn, J.) decision approving a Master's (Charles T. Gallagher, Esq.) ruling that the defendants had acted lawfully in refusing to place the plaintiffs' proposed ordinance before the voters of Nashua. We affirm.

In September 1981, the plaintiffs, taxpayers of Nashua, submitted an initiative petition to the Nashua Board of Aldermen (the board), as permitted by the city charter. The petition...

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