# Claridge v. New Hampshire Wetlands Board

> Supreme Court of New Hampshire · November 30, 1984 · 125 N.H. 745

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/8049713

## Case

- **Full name:** John F. Claridge & a. v. New Hampshire Wetlands Board
- **Court:** Supreme Court of New Hampshire
- **Decided:** November 30, 1984
- **Citations:** 125 N.H. 745; 485 A.2d 287; 22 ERC (BNA) 1208; 1984 N.H. LEXIS 307
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by King
- **Judges:** Batchelder, Douglas, King, Others
- **Cited by:** 18 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- noting that trial court’s findings that land could be sold to abutters supported its conclusion that the property continued to have economic value

## Opinion text

King, C.J.,
with whom Douglas, J., joins, concurring specially: While I agree with the majority opinion, I disagree with the conjectural reasoning of both the master and the majority opinion that the land could be sold to abutters or could be used for a tent. Such restricted use is of little solace to an owner who purchased the land on which to construct a house. The theoretical incentive for an abutter to purchase the land or for a person to utilize the land for a tent drastically minimizes, if it does not destroy, the value of the land. The minimal value of the land must be reflected in the assessed value of the land for real estate tax assessments.

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