State v. Inhabitants of Cornville
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
This is an indictment charging the respondents with neglecting to keep in repair a certain highway in said town. Reported by May, J. The facts necessary to a full understanding of the case appear in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtTenney, C. J.
The highway described in the indictment is about two miles in length. Before its location, about half a mile thereof, near the westerly end, commencing at its junction with another road, had been used as a road. After the location, the sum of twenty-five dollars had been appro*428priated by the town, and expended; and other small sums at other times were laid out by order of the selectmen, all upon the portion last described. The remainder of the highway complained of has never been used or worked upon as a road, and a part of it passes through woods.
The defence is, that this highway has been…
2Cited by1 opinion
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