Penniman v. Town of St. Johnsbury
Supreme Court of Vermont
Heard at the June Term, 1881, Caledonia County, Church, Assistant Judge, presiding. Petition for the appoiutment of commissioners to appraise the damages caused by the alteration of a highway. Petition dismissed. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion, except the following : Penniman is the owner of a house and lot on the east side of Main street, in the incorporated village of St. Johnsbury.
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Heard at the June Term, 1881, Caledonia County, Church, Assistant Judge, presiding. Petition for the appoiutment of commissioners to appraise the damages caused by the alteration of a highway. Petition dismissed. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion, except the following : Penniman is the owner of a house and lot on the east side of Main street, in the incorporated village of St. Johnsbury. This house has been built for thirty years or more and the street aforesaid has been graded and traveled for fifty years or more, and the grade of the street has remained the same since the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Royce, Ch. J.
The petition alleges that in August, 1880, the authorities of St. Johnsbury village and the selectmen of the town of St. Johnsbury altered a certain highway in St. Johnsbury *308through and over lands then owned by the petitioner ; that thereby his property was greatly damaged and injured ; that the authorities of said village and said selectmen did not assess any damage to him on account of the making of said alteration, and prays for the appointment of commissioners to appraise his damages.
It appears by the agreed statement of facts that the…
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