In Re Bill

This appeal arises from a decision of the Addison Superior Court granting petitioner Ruth Bill’s request to declare legally discontinued a segment of old highway within the Town of New Haven, a portion of which runs across her property. Intervenor Thomas Fisher, whose undeveloped parcel of land abuts a segment of the old highway, contends that the court erred in concluding that there was statutory authorization for a 1926 order by the New Haven selectboard purportedly discontinuing the segment at issue. We agree and, thus, reverse.

The disputed highway segment was originally laid out two…