Town of Underhill v. Towns of Essex, Jericho & Williston
Supreme Court of Vermont
Tliis was a petition, by tbe town of Underhill asking to be relieved from a judgment assessing it for the support of a bridge between the towns of Williston and Essex. The case was referred to commissioners, and was heard upon their report at the September term, 1890, Chittenden county, Rowell, J., presiding. The court apportioned the expense of maintaining the bridge between the towns of Williston, Essex, and Jericho, and released the town of Underhill from further expense.
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Tliis was a petition, by tbe town of Underhill asking to be relieved from a judgment assessing it for the support of a bridge between the towns of Williston and Essex. The case was referred to commissioners, and was heard upon their report at the September term, 1890, Chittenden county, Rowell, J., presiding. The court apportioned the expense of maintaining the bridge between the towns of Williston, Essex, and Jericho, and released the town of Underhill from further expense. To this judgment the town of Jericho excepted. The town of Jericho cannot be made liable for any part of the expense of…
1Opinion of the Court
*30The opinion of the court was delivered by
ROSS, Ch. J.
By the judgment of the Chittenden County Court in 1859, the towns of Underhill and Jericho were assessed to assist the towns of Essex and 'Williston in the erection and maintenance of a bridge across the Winooski river between the towns last named, on the ground that the former towns would be benefited thereby. This is a petition brought by the town of Underhill in 1888, asking that the original cause be brought forward upon the docket of the court, and a new assessment or apportionment be made, and that Underhill might be released. On the…
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