Livermore v. Town of Jamaica
Supreme Court of Vermont
Petition for a writ of certiorari to the county court, to bring up' the record of their proceedings upon a petition for the appointment of commissioners to assess damages occasioned to the petitioners by reason of the laying of a highway.
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Petition for a writ of certiorari to the county court, to bring up' the record of their proceedings upon a petition for the appointment of commissioners to assess damages occasioned to the petitioners by reason of the laying of a highway. It appeared, that commissioners were appointed by the county court, in pursuance of the prayer of the original petition, and the commissioners reported, that they disallowed the claim of the petitioners for damages,, for the reason, that the benefits, resulting to the petitioners respectively by reason of the laying of the highway, would be of a value…
1Opinion of the Court
*364The opinion of the court was delivered by
Kellogg, J.
This was an application for a writ of certiorari, to bring before this court the record of certain proceedings of the county court, alleging error therein and praying for relief. The alleged error consists in the acceptance of the report of commissioners appointed to re-appraise damages sustained by the petitioners upon the laying of a highway through their respective lands, the commissioners having disallowed their claim for damages upon the ground that the benefits the petitioners would receive from the road, would be quite equal to any…
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