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THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

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Carroll

No. 2004-453

VICKI A. MCDONALD

v.

TOWN OF EFFINGHAM ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT

Argued: January 12, 2005

Opinion Issued: May 6, 2005

Cooper, Deans & Cargill, P.A., of North Conway (Randall F. Cooper and Paul W. Mullen on the brief, and Mr. Cooper orally), for the plaintiff.

Upton & Hatfield, LLP, of Concord (Barton L. Mayer and Matthew R. Serge on the brief, and Mr. Serge orally), for the defendant.

BRODERICK, C.J. This is an interlocutory appeal from an order of the Superior Court (O