Gardner v. Town of Ludlow

Plaintiff, a resident landowner in the Town of Ludlow, brought suit in 1972 against that Town and the several individual defendants, at one or another time its selectmen, alleging illegal construction of a highway across her property, seeking restoration of the premises, a permanent injunction against continued use, and monetary compensation, including treble damages for wilful destruction of trees. Following trial by court in 1975, a judgment order was entered establishing the road in question, to its present use to a width of 1-1/2 rods, as a public highway, and giving judgment against…