Legal Opinion
Pillsbury v. Town of Wheelock
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided April 4, 1972No. 38-71PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShangraw, C.J.
In August of 1969 the plaintiffs, freeholders and residents of the Town of Wheelock, petitioned the selectmen of the town to lay out a public highway on what is referred to as Old Town Road No. 41. This road runs from Stannard Mountain Road (State Aid Road No. 1) through a field occupied and used by Raeburn and Erma Baker to the boundary line of property owned by Lucien and Jeannette Leroux.
The selectmen failed to lay out the requested highway, and as a consequence the plaintiffs herein brought a petition to the Caledonia County Court under the provisions of 19 V.S.A. § 461.
Commissioners were…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Paine v. Town of LeicesterSupreme Court of Vermont · 1849
- Patch v. SquiresSupreme Court of Vermont · 1933
- National Grange Mutual Insurance Co. v. ChurchillSupreme Court of Vermont · 1967
- Gray v. Middletown & PoultneySupreme Court of Vermont · 1884
- Morgan v. CreeSupreme Court of Vermont · 1861
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3Cited by10 opinions
- In Re KisielSupreme Court of Vermont · 2000
- Hansen v. Town of CharlestonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1991
- Cersosimo v. Town of TownshendSupreme Court of Vermont · 1981
- Grassy Brook Village, Inc. v. Richard B. Blazej, Inc.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1981
- Agency of Transportation v. Wall ManagementSupreme Court of Vermont · 1984
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