Legal Opinion
Becker v. Selectmen of Town of Bennington
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided February 23, 1962No. 201PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShangraw, J.
This is a petition for a declaratory judgment brought pursuant to the provisions of 12 V.S.A. §4712. The purpose of the action is to determine the legality of a consolidation of two road districts as voted at the Bennington town meeting held in March of 1961, and also whether the plaintiff, Franklin Becker, was duly elected as a road commissioner of the town at that meeting for District No. 1.
The parties submitted the case upon an agreed stipulation of facts, pursuant to which the Bennington County Court made findings. An order was issued by the court sustaining the legality of the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Wintersteen v. National Cooperage & Woodenware Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1935
- E. B. & A. C. Whiting Co. v. City of BurlingtonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1934
- Town of Bennington v. VailSupreme Court of Vermont · 1952
- Bayley v. HarveySupreme Court of Vermont · 1940
3Cited by4 opinions
- City of Rutland v. KeifferSupreme Court of Vermont · 1964
- Lewandoski v. Vermont State CollegesSupreme Court of Vermont · 1983
- Kirchner v. GiebinkSupreme Court of Vermont · 1988
- In Re Crescent Beach AssociationSupreme Court of Vermont · 1965