Biron v. Town of New Ipswich
Decision Date | 02 November 1971 |
Docket Number | No. 6204,6204 |
Citation | 283 A.2d 683,111 N.H. 343 |
Parties | Gerard BIRON v. TOWN OF NEW IPSWICH. |
Court | New Hampshire Supreme Court |
Nicholas Pantelas, Nashua, for plaintiff, filed no brief.
Charles J. Lincoln, Milford, for defendant, filed no brief.
The plaintiff, a resident of Nashua, brings this bill in equity seeking an order which would require the selectmen of New Ipswich to issue him a permit to place a mobile home upon premises owned by him in New Ipswich. Certain disputed issues were heard by the Court (Loughlin, J.) following the filing by the parties of an agreed statement of facts. The court found that denial of the permit would be based 'solely on the fact that he (the plaintiff) is a non-resident of the Town of New Ipswich', and followed a policy of the selectmen antedating adoption of a town ordinance with respect to mobile homes, 'that non-residents could not install trailers or trailer parks within the Town.' The question of 'whether * * * the policy of the board of selectmen * * * is constitutional' was reserved and transferred to this court without ruling.
We do not reach the constitutional issue, since we consider that the selectmen have been given no authority either by statute or ordinance to deny the permit upon the ground stated. On March 12, 1969, the annual town meeting adopted the following ordinance:
The plaintiff's application was filed on October 24, 1969, and on October 28, 1969, he was notified that his request was denied. The court found that the denial was made 'regardless of what the (plaintiff) did concerning compliance with the Water Pollution Board or any other sanitary requirements * * *.'
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