Abbott v. Mills
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was an action of trespass on tjie case, wherein the plaintiff complained, in several counts, of special damage and injury to his land and buildings, by reason of a nuisance upon the public common or highway in front of his said land and buildings, consisting of a printing office erected and continued by the defendants. Plea not guilty.
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This was an action of trespass on tjie case, wherein the plaintiff complained, in several counts, of special damage and injury to his land and buildings, by reason of a nuisance upon the public common or highway in front of his said land and buildings, consisting of a printing office erected and continued by the defendants. Plea not guilty. At the trial in the county court the .plaintiff introduced evidence showing, that for more than thirty years past the space of ground in the village of Burlington, called the Court House Square, had been left open, and universally known and called a public…
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The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Williams, J.
The jury, under the direction of the court, have found thatjjje square or common in front of the plaintiff’s house has been dedicated to the public and set apart as a public common or highway ; that the defendants have erected the building thereon which, is complained of; that this building isa nuisance and injury to the lands and buildings of the plaintiff, and have assessed the damages which the plaintiff has sustained thereby. Objections were taken to the decision of the court in admitting some part of the testimony, and also to their…
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