Clarke v. Manchester
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Hillsborough County. This was an appeal from the doings of the mayor and aldermen of the city of Manchester in laying out a highway over the land of the petitioner. The petitioner alleged that he was aggrieved by the decision of the said mayor and aldermen, both in the laying out of the highway, and in the assessment of damages. The petition was entered at May term, 1872, and referred to the county commissioners.
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Hillsborough County. This was an appeal from the doings of the mayor and aldermen of the city of Manchester in laying out a highway over the land of the petitioner. The petitioner alleged that he was aggrieved by the decision of the said mayor and aldermen, both in the laying out of the highway, and in the assessment of damages. The petition was entered at May term, 1872, and referred to the county commissioners. In the order of reference the commissioners were directed to report to the court whether or not, in their opinion, the public good required the said highway to be laid out and built;…
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Proceedings were commenced in this case by a petition to the mayor and aldermen of the city of Manchester for the establishment of a new highway, wholly within the limits of said city, under the provisions of ch. 61, sec. 1, Gen. Stats.
The mayor and aldermen laid out the highway, and assessed the plaintiff's damages. From the decision of this tribunal, both as to the laying out of the highway and the assessment of his damages, the plaintiff appealed to the supreme court, under the provisions of ch. 63, sec. 10, Gen. Stats.
Subsequently, the county commissioners, to whom had been referred the…
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