Town of Corinth v. Town of Newbury
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was an appeal from an order of removal of Joseph Harriman, a pauper, from the town of Corinth to the town of Newbury. Plea, that the pauper was unduly removed, and trial by jury.
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This was an appeal from an order of removal of Joseph Harriman, a pauper, from the town of Corinth to the town of Newbury. Plea, that the pauper was unduly removed, and trial by jury. On the trial in the county court the plaintiffs gave evidence tending to prove that before the year 1781, Newbury had allotted the town to a certain range west, but claimed to hold about one and a half miles further west; that, in 1786, by the survey of Whitelaw, the west line of Newbury was about half a mile west of said range of lots. Afterwards Topsham was surveyed to that line; still, Newbury claimed and…
1Opinion of the Court
*500The opinion of the court was delivered by
Collamer J.
The title to land, in our townships, is derived entirely from the charters, which must determine the geographical limits for that' purpose; and they cannot be extended or contracted, even by legislation. But the existence and extent of a town as a municipal corporation, with all its civil privileges and duties, depend, not on the charter, but on laws, subject to constant changes, and its geographical limits liable to alteration. To the same limits that its jurisdiction extends to exact of the citizens taxes, duties and allegiance, do also…
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