Legal Opinion
Wright v. Phelps
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided May 15, 1915PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Appeal in Chancery, Windham County. Heard at Chambers, March 16, 1914, on the pleadings and a master’s report, Miles, Chancellor.' Decree that the bill be • dismissed, with costs to the defendants. The orators appealed. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtWatson, J.
The bill in this case is brought for the purpose of enjoining the collection of certain taxes voted and assessed by the village of Westminster, and of annulling and declaring void the action of selectmen of the town of Westminster in attempting to establish the village, under provisions of the general statute, reading as follows:—
“Selectmen shall, upon a petition of a majority of the voters in town meeting residing in a village containing thirty or more houses, establish the bounds of such village and cause a description thereof, by its name and bounds, to be recorded in the town clerk’s…
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