In re Lawton

The commissioners appointed in this proceeding' certify and report that the proposed highway in their opinion is *427necessary and proper, and assess the damages occasioned thereby. They have filed their report to that effect, and the petitioner now moves for its confirmation. This is strenuously opposed on behalf of Carl Burns, one of the landowners through whose lands the proposed highway is located, and also by the supervisor of the , town and by J. L. Murphy, a taxpayer of the town. While the commissioner of highways does not- seem to have opposed this proceeding in its inception, he now also…