Towns of Rockingham & Grafton v. Town of Westminster
Supreme Court of Vermont
Petition eor Certiorari. The selectmen of the town of Westminster, petitioned the county court, April term, 1849, setting forth that said town had been required to build and make a bridge across Saxton’s River in said town, and a new piece of road at each end of said bridge, which bridge >and road are evidently for the accommodation of other travel'than the inhabitants of said town of Westminster, and is more especially for the accommodation of the towns of Rockingham,…
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Petition eor Certiorari. The selectmen of the town of Westminster, petitioned the county court, April term, 1849, setting forth that said town had been required to build and make a bridge across Saxton’s River in said town, and a new piece of road at each end of said bridge, which bridge >and road are evidently for the accommodation of other travel'than the inhabitants of said town of Westminster, and is more especially for the accommodation of the towns of Rockingham, Grafton and Athens. And that said town of Westminster would he excessively burdened by building said bridge and road. And…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Ishah, J.
The application for the writ of certiorari is addressed to the discretion of the court, and will not usually' be granted unless the substantial justice of the case requires this remedy.
The object of the writ, in this case, is to bring before this court the proceedings of commissioners under the 53d Sec. of the act for laying out and discontinuing highways and bridges, with the decision of the county court thereon, for the purpose of enabling this court to consider and determine upon the exceptions filed to the report.
We learn from the case,…
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