State Highway Board v. Loomis

To advance the construction of U. S. Route 91 north from Brattleboro through Putney and Westminster to the Rocking-ham town line the State Highway Board filed a petition with the appropriate court in Windham County. The board sought determination of the necessity for the taking of certain lands and rights lying along the proposed line of this highway, which is to be a limited-access road forming part of the so-called interstate highway system. Hearings were held, findings made and two judgment orders issued. The first order held that the board had established necessity for takings along the…