Childs v. New Haven & Northampton Co.

The damages of the petitioner for the taking of his lands by the respondent having been estimated by the county commissioners, he applied for a sheriff’s jury, which *571assessed his damages at a greater sum than that estimated by the commissioners. The petitioner’s costs were taxed by the clerk of the Superior Court, and from that taxation the respondent appealed to the court. The court allowed some and disallowed other of the items taxed by the clerk, and both parties appealed to this court. At the argument, the petitioner waived his appeal, leaving for our determination only the question…