Attorney-General Ex Rel. Knapp v. Littlefield
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Petition, for a writ of mandamus against the defendants as the selectmen of Danbury praying that they be commanded to establish boundaries for a village district in Danbury under chapter 53 of the Public Statutes.
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Petition, for a writ of mandamus against the defendants as the selectmen of Danbury praying that they be commanded to establish boundaries for a village district in Danbury under chapter 53 of the Public Statutes. The case was referred to a master who found the following facts: The relators sometime previous to April 16, 1915, presented a petition to the selectmen for the laying out of a village district, and after their report thereon, at a legal meeting of the voters living in the proposed district held on the above date, “the proposition” was defeated. In May, 1915, the relators filed…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
It is claimed by the defendants that at the meeting ■of the citizens resident in the proposed district held in April, 1915, the vote against “the proposition” amounts to a judgment and is .a bar to any action by the selectmen upon the last petition. The .argument is that the petitioners, having failed in getting an affirmative vote for the establishment of the district in the first instance, ■are bound by that vote, and cannot renew the application and have a second layout by the selectmen submitted to the voters of the proposed district. The statute under which these proceedings were brought…
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