A Superior Court judge’s ruling that the Dunn’s Corners Fire Department is not obligated to provide fire protection to the former Bradford Dyeing Association property was upheld by the state Supreme Court in a decision released Tuesday.
BPF Realty LLC, which bought the 61-ace, five building property in 2010, had appealed Superior Court Judge Bennett R. Gallo’s 2017 ruling. The original lawsuit, which Gallo heard, was filed by the Dunn’s Corners Fire District. The district asked the judge to rule that it was not required to respond to calls for service at the property because the property was intentionally excluded when the boundaries of the Bradford Fire District were drawn in 1937. Bradford was chartered by the state in that year. Dunn’s Corners has provided fire protection services to the village of Bradford, under a contract, since 2013.
Gallo agreed with the Dunn’s Corners District and ruled that the district did not have to respond to the former mill property. The justices upheld Gallo’s decision.