Is there any way they can appeal the classification? Perhaps have an independent professional examine the property to see if the dink from the town is right.
I would also wonder if the dink from the town is friends or related to the lobsterman, who might not want a house next to his plant.
What is aggravating is this appeal came after the state SC had no problem. The decision rested on whether the 8th amendment was applicable to state courts. The ruling did NOT outlaw forfeitures rather it said the eighth is binding on the state and forfeitures must be reasonable. Frankly to me seizures of “instrumentalities” of a crime as distinguished from evidence has bothered me. Some coppers towing off a Ferrari because someone drove it to sell a dime bag of pot to some UA is ridicules. More so when some judge Denies a return. BTW coppers generally do not seize bank cars because such a seizure albeit the car being an instrumentality of the crime does not “ punish” the culprit further demonstrating that such seizures of instrumentalities is a ruse.