In re Highway in Newport
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
The petition of H. H., and others, for a new highway in Newport. At this term of the court, the report of the county commissioners was returned, wherein they had reported in favor of laying out a new highway in Newport, agreeably to the petition which had been previously referred to them, for the distance of something over a mile, and at the estimated expense of about three thousand dollars.
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The petition of H. H., and others, for a new highway in Newport. At this term of the court, the report of the county commissioners was returned, wherein they had reported in favor of laying out a new highway in Newport, agreeably to the petition which had been previously referred to them, for the distance of something over a mile, and at the estimated expense of about three thousand dollars. The chief object of said proposed new highway appeared to be to provide a substitute for certain bad and steep hills on the old Croydon turnpike road, located in the south-east part of said Newport, and…
1Opinion of the CourtBellows, J.
The evidence shows that the agent of the petitioners provided spirituous liquors for the use of the commissioners and others *435while examining the route of the proposed highway ; and that two or all of the commissioners repeatedly drank of those liquors during the hearings. How much they drank and with what effect does not distinctly appear, although the case finds that there was no proof that they were at any time disguised. It appears also that these liquors were openly furnished in the presence of the counsel of the opposing party, who also were at liberty to partake, but did not do so.
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