Treat v. Inhabitants of Middletown
Supreme Court of Connecticut
IN ERROR. This was a petition for a highway within the limits of the town of Middletown. After describing the course and termini of the proposed road, the petition stated, that such road “would greatly accommodate the public travel, and be of common convenience and necessity; that about three years since, on the application of many of the inhabitants of said town, the selectmen surveyed a highway at or near the place above described, and laid a survey thereof in writing…
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IN ERROR. This was a petition for a highway within the limits of the town of Middletown. After describing the course and termini of the proposed road, the petition stated, that such road “would greatly accommodate the public travel, and be of common convenience and necessity; that about three years since, on the application of many of the inhabitants of said town, the selectmen surveyed a highway at or near the place above described, and laid a survey thereof in writing before the inhabitants of said town, at a lawful town meeting; that said survey was accepted, by the town, and recorded ;…
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
By our statute, it is made the duty of the county court to lay out roads, which pass in or through more than one town; but where the road proposed, lies all in one town, the select-men of that town, with the appprobation of the town, are to lay it out. And this is, certainly, very proper. Every town is supposed to be well acquainted with its own wants and necessities, and the wishes, the feelings, and the interest of the inhabitants, and competent to direct when and how this business should be done, in such a manner as will best accommodate the inhabitants of the town, and also the public at…
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