Farmer v. Town of Hooksett
Superior Court of New Hampshire
Petition, for a highway in Hooksett, in this county. The road commissions reported the laying out of a highway upon the route prayed for, as follows: “ Beginning at a stake in the travelled part of the highway, eight rods from the south end of the bridge in said Hooksett village, owned by the, Londonderry Turnpike Corporation; thence north eight degrees west, over and across Merrimack river, forty-one rods; thence north fifty-one degrees west, seven rods, to a stake, &c.;…
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Petition, for a highway in Hooksett, in this county. The road commissions reported the laying out of a highway upon the route prayed for, as follows: “ Beginning at a stake in the travelled part of the highway, eight rods from the south end of the bridge in said Hooksett village, owned by the, Londonderry Turnpike Corporation; thence north eight degrees west, over and across Merrimack river, forty-one rods; thence north fifty-one degrees west, seven rods, to a stake, &c.; said highway to be four rods in width, but not to interfere with the toll house belonging to the Londonderry Turnpike…
1Opinion of the CourtEastman, J.
It does not appear from the case, further. *248than what is shown by the exceptions filed, that anything was done in the premises, upon the application to make Pembroke and the other towns parties to the report. Did the case distinctly show what was done or neglected to be done by the commissioners in regard to making the adjoining towns contribute to the making of the road, the court might judge more accurately of the force of the exceptions. But as the case stands, there is nothing for us to decide upon that point.
We might remark, however, that the question whether the adjoining towns shall be…
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