Legal Opinion
Houston v. Town of Waitsfield
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided December 19, 2007No. 06-144PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtToor, J.
¶ 1. December 19, 2007. Landowners appeal a superior court order granting the Town of Waitsfield summary judgment and thereby denying landowners’ request for declaratory relief to prevent the Town from drilling test wells on then-land without first undergoing a formal process of condemnation and compensation. Because the Town has completed drilling the test wells, we dismiss the appeal as moot.
¶ 2. The Town sought to drill one or two temporary exploratory wells on a dirt road, known as Reed Road, to ascertain the presence of adequate underground water for use as a public water supply source.…
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