Shelton v. Town of Derby
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Highway petition. The town of Derby was the only party respondent. The superior court, at the term at which the suit was brought, referred the ease to a committee for a hearing as to the necessity and expediency of laying out the road, and appointed the time and place for the hearing before the committee, and as to the notice required by the statute ordered as follows: “And that, as to the time and place of said hearing, the parties, being in court, shall take notice of this…
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Highway petition. The town of Derby was the only party respondent. The superior court, at the term at which the suit was brought, referred the ease to a committee for a hearing as to the necessity and expediency of laying out the road, and appointed the time and place for the hearing before the committee, and as to the notice required by the statute ordered as follows: “And that, as to the time and place of said hearing, the parties, being in court, shall take notice of this order, and that such notice shall be sufficient notice, and that the case be continued to the next regular term of this…
1Opinion of the CourtWaldo, J.
No exception is taken to the proceedings in this case previous to the appointment of the committee to hear and decide the matters contained in the application. The application is in the usual form, the proper party is made respondent, and legal notice of the pendency of the application is given. The parties then before the court were the petitioner on the one part, and the town of Derby on the other. The record shows that they did not agree upon the judgment that should be rendered, and the application was by the court referred to a committee. In such cases the statute requires the court, not…
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