Hancock v. Town of Worcester
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was a petition for the establishment of a public highway, and was entered at the September Term, Washington County, 1886. On November 30th following, two motions were filed, one by the petitioners and one by the defendant town, asking that said cause be discontinued without costs. These motions were overruled, and the defendant excepted. Commissioners were appointed under the statute, who laid the highway.
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This was a petition for the establishment of a public highway, and was entered at the September Term, Washington County, 1886. On November 30th following, two motions were filed, one by the petitioners and one by the defendant town, asking that said cause be discontinued without costs. These motions were overruled, and the defendant excepted. Commissioners were appointed under the statute, who laid the highway. The commissioners found that the public good and convenience required the highway. They further reported: “ And your commissioners find and report, that while the public good and…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Rowell, J.
This case comes up on exceptions, signed by the Chief Judge, at the March Term, 1889, of Washington County Court, when there was final judgment. At the September Term, 1886, of that court, both parties moved that the petition be dismissed with costs. The court overruled the motions and appointed commissioners, to which the defendant excepted; but no minute of that exception was signed until the exception was embodied in the bill now before us. Although the statute requiring exceptions to be filed within thirty days from the rising of the…
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