Cram v. Laconia
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Petition, for an assessment of damages alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff in consequence of the discontinuance of a portion of Gold street, in Laconia. Trial by jury, and verdict for the plaintiff.
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Petition, for an assessment of damages alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff in consequence of the discontinuance of a portion of Gold street, in Laconia. Trial by jury, and verdict for the plaintiff. Transferred from the November term, 1900, of the supreme court by Chase, J. In April, 1894, the plaintiff purchased a parcel of land, abutting on Gold street, in that part of Laconia known as Lakeport, and erected thereon a building adapted for the business of selling groceries, etc. At the time the plaintiff purchased the land and erected the building, Gold street extended in an…
1Opinion of the CourtRemick, J.
Highways are established, altered, and discontinued for the public good. Underwood v. Bailey, 56 N. H. 187; S. C., 59 N. H. 480. It must be presumed that the public good required the discontinuance in question. Smith v. Boston, 7 Cush. 254, 256. Public good involves, almost invariably, individual and sectional injury. In the make-up of society there are such diverse and conflicting interests that it is impossible to so regulate governmental action as to confer universal benefit. The general welfare is all that is attainable. To secure this is the chief object of government, and to submit to…
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