Rugg v. Commercial Union Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Bill in chancery. Heard upon the pleadings and a master’s report at the September term, 1892, Franklin county. Start, chancellor, dismissed the bill pro forma. The orator appeals. The orator was the owner of a farm situated just outside the limits of the village of St. Albans. Through this farm the selectmen of the town ot St. Albans had laid a highway which was called Thorpe avenue, and which connected with one of the streets of the village.
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Bill in chancery. Heard upon the pleadings and a master’s report at the September term, 1892, Franklin county. Start, chancellor, dismissed the bill pro forma. The orator appeals. The orator was the owner of a farm situated just outside the limits of the village of St. Albans. Through this farm the selectmen of the town ot St. Albans had laid a highway which was called Thorpe avenue, and which connected with one of the streets of the village. The orator’s land upon either side of Thorpe avenue was suitable for building lots and it was his intention to utilize it for that purpose, but no…
1Opinion of the CourtStart, J.
The orator seeks to recover the sum of five hundred dollars, awarded to him by the selectmen of the town of St. Albans as damages on account of the erection of a telegraph line in and along a public highway adjacent to his lands.
R. L., s. 3633, provides that persons associated together to erect a line of telegraph wires, in this state may set, erect and maintain the posts and other necessary fixtures therefor in and along any highway ; but the same shall be done so as not to interfere with the public convenience in travelling on such highway, or in repairing the same.
*210R. L., s. 3634, provides…
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