State v. Briggs

This writ brings up the proceedings and written determination of justices of the peace and surveyors of the highways, made December 1st, 1886, in respect to encroachments on a public road laid out in the township of Bedminster, in the county of Somerset.

The first reason assigned for setting aside the proceedings is that when said determination was made there was in full force a determination relating to the same alleged encroachments on the same public road, previously made by a like tribunal, under which the overseer had partially acted, and boundary lines set were by adjoining owners • the…