Turner v. Selectmen of Hebron
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Application for relief from the laying out of a highway by the defendants; brought to the Superior Court in Tolland County. The case was referred to a committee who reported the following facts. This proceeding is based upon the lay-out of a certain highway in Hebron by the selectmen of the town, about one hundred rods in length, from an old highway leading from Hebron Green to North Pond.
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Application for relief from the laying out of a highway by the defendants; brought to the Superior Court in Tolland County. The case was referred to a committee who reported the following facts. This proceeding is based upon the lay-out of a certain highway in Hebron by the selectmen of the town, about one hundred rods in length, from an old highway leading from Hebron Green to North Pond. It runs to the low water line of the pond, and passes over an immense rock or ledge near the termination of the way. This rock is about thirteen feet higher, at the highest point, than the adjoining ground,…
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, C. J.
On the 16th day of May, 1888, the selectmen of the town of Hebron laid out a public highway in that town over the land of Phiueas W. Turner, which lay-out was accepted by the town at a town meeting holden on the 6th day of June following. On the 2d day of July Mr. Turner made application for relief, in the nature of an appeal from the doings of the selectmen in laying out the highway, to the Superior Court in Tolland County, alleging as a reason for the application that the highway was not of common convenience and necessity. In the Superior Court a committee was appointed pursuant to the…
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