Hogaboon v. Town of Highgate
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal — by way of petition for commissioners — from the action of selectmen in resurveying a highway. Commissioners were appointed, September Term, 1881, and their report heard April Term, 1882, Royce, Ch. J., presiding. Judgment pro forma upon the report that the proceedings of the selectmen be quashed, and for the petitioners to recover their costs. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Veazey, J.
In 1881, certain residents of the town of High-gate addressed a petition to the selectmen to resurvey the Lamp-kins road, so called. The petition began as follows: “ Whereas the original survey of. the road on what is called Lámpkins Street, in the village of Highgate, as recorded in said town of Highgate, is such that the terminations and boundaries of said highway cannot accurately be ascertained, therefore we . . . . petition you to resurvey and lay out said highway, so that the northerly *413line of said highway will be three rods distant…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Dash v. Van KleeckNew York Supreme Court · 1811
- Williams v. PotterNew York Supreme Court · 1848
- Wallace v. BassettNew York Supreme Court · 1863
- Rensselaer v. SnyderNew York Supreme Court · 1850
- Penniman v. Town of St. JohnsburySupreme Court of Vermont · 1881
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