Cady v. . Conger

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] As early as 1823, a project was on foot in Waterville to build a new church, and, in connection therewith, to make a public green or common. In 1824, a church corporation was formed, lands were conveyed to it, and in that and the succeeding year a church was built, and the triangular piece of land in front of it, bounded on the sides by two highways, was cleared of buildings and graded. To this labor, as well as to the building of the church, persons other than…