Hayford v. Municipal Officers
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Petition for writ of certiorari. On report. Writ denied. Petition for a writ of certiorari to quash a record of the municipal officers of the city of Bangor wherein are contained the proceedings of the city in taking certain real estate of the plaintiff, in said city, by right of eminent domain for a public library building, under the provisions of R. S., chapter 4, section 89. Heard at the October term, 1906, of the Supreme Judicial Court, Penobscot County.
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Petition for writ of certiorari. On report. Writ denied. Petition for a writ of certiorari to quash a record of the municipal officers of the city of Bangor wherein are contained the proceedings of the city in taking certain real estate of the plaintiff, in said city, by right of eminent domain for a public library building, under the provisions of R. S., chapter 4, section 89. Heard at the October term, 1906, of the Supreme Judicial Court, Penobscot County. At the conclusion of the evidence the case by agreement was reported to the Law Court “to be determined upon so much of the evidence as…
1Opinion of the CourtSpear, J.
This case involves an application for a writ of certiorari to quash a record of the municipal officers of the city of Bangor, wherein are contained the proceedings of the city, in taking certain real estate of the plaintiff by right of eminent domain for a public library building in accordance with R. S., chapter 4, section 89, which reads : “Any city or town containing more than one thousand inhabitants, upon petition in writing signed by at least thirty of its taxpaying citizens, directed to the municipal officers, describing the land to be taken as hereinafter provided, and the names of…
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