Noyes v. Village of Hyde Park
Supreme Court of Vermont
Complaint for a writ of quo warranto brought to the Supreme Court for Lamoille County at its January Term, 1899. Answers were filed January 7, 1899. At the May Term, 1899, the death of Jane E. Noyes, complainant, was suggested and the administrators of her estate entered to prosecute. Testimony was filed May 10, 1900. Afterwards the defendant village filed a motion to dismiss, and the cause was heard on said motion at the May Term, 1901.
1Opinion of the CourtRowLLL, J.
This is a complaint for a writ of quo warranto, preferred by Jane E. Noyes, and prosecuted by her until her death, and since, by the administrators of her estate.
The land and buildings of the intestate, a mile from the physical village of Hyde Park, and parcel of a large farm, were, without her knowledge and consent and against her will, included within the bounds of the village when they were established by the selectmen for the purpose of incorporating the village. The right of the village to tax said property is denied on two grounds, (1) that the village has no corporate existence, for…
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