Legal Opinion
Bellows Falls Village Corp. v. State Highway Board
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided April 9, 1963No. 1165PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHolden, J.
This appeal comes to us before final judgment according to 12 V.S.A. §2386. Its purpose is to obtain a review of the action of the Windham County Court in setting aside a highway condemnation award to the plaintiff in the amount of $114,000, and ordering a new trial. The Bellows Falls Village Corporation is the appellant and challenges the authority of the trial court to investigate the propriety of the jury’s verdict.
The verdict was returned on Friday, May 18, 1962. Sometime during the weekend that ensued it came to the attention of a member of the court that one of the jurors had taken a…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Clyde Mattox v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Clark v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Woodward v. LeavittMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
- Panko v. Flintkote Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1951
- State v. KociolekSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1955
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Sunday v. Stratton Corp.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1978
- State v. CarmodySupreme Court of Vermont · 1982
- Patterson v. RossignolSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1968
- State v. OvittSupreme Court of Vermont · 1967
- Peterson v. ChichesterSupreme Court of Vermont · 1991
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