Town of Searsburg v. Town of Woodford
Supreme Court of Vermont
Petition brought to the Supreme Court for Bennington County at its October Term, 1901, under V. S. Chap. 140, for the establishment of the division line between the towns of Searsburg and Woodford. Heard at the January Term, 1904, on report of commissioners. The opinion states the facts. The authority of the commissioners is confined to- locating the charter line.
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Petition brought to the Supreme Court for Bennington County at its October Term, 1901, under V. S. Chap. 140, for the establishment of the division line between the towns of Searsburg and Woodford. Heard at the January Term, 1904, on report of commissioners. The opinion states the facts. The authority of the commissioners is confined to- locating the charter line. Elphick v. Hoffman, 49 Conn. 331. The rule as to prescriptive rights does not apply to' towns or other political bodies. R. I. v. Mass., 15 Pet. 233; Blacker v. Sterling, 36 Pa. St. 423; Corinth v. JLewbury, 13 Vt. 496; White v.…
1Opinion of the CourtRowell, C. J.
This is a petition to this Court under' chapter 140 of the Vermont Statutes, for the appointment of commissioners to locate and establish the division line between said towns. Commissioners were appointed at a former term, and make their report at this term, in which they locate and establish the division line between said towns where it is fixed by their charters, “unless the court should hold as matter of law that the line to which said towns have heretofore claimed and exercised jurisdiction must control, and that the line fixed by the charters must give way to said line of claim and…
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