Legal Opinion
Batchelder v. State Highway Board
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided April 4, 1972No. 29-71PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShangraw, C.J.
This is a condemnation-valuation case. The plaintiffs, Verne C. Batchelder and Kathryn G. Batchelder, were owners of a 171 acre dairy farm at the time of the taking on November 18, 1968. The farm was located just south of the village of Fairlee, Vermont, on both sides of U.S. Route 5. The State Highway Board condemned 9 acres of plaintiffs’ land, thereby cutting the farm into two sections and severing its direct access to U.S. Route 5.
At the time of the condemnation plaintiffs were maintaining approximately 84 head of cattle on their farm. In the past they had maintained as many as 123 head…
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- United States v. 2,353.28 Acres of Land, More or Less, Situate in the Counties of Brevard and Volusia, State of Florida, and Lucille M. BairCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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