Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1855

Inhabitants of Stoughton v. County Commissioners

Inhabitants of Stoughton v. County Commissioners
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided October 15, 1855
71 Mass. 372

Inhabitants of Stoughton v. County Commissioners

Opinion of the Court

The ground relied on by the petitioners was, that the raising of the grade not having been done by the selectmen of the town for the purpose of repairing the highway, but in the altering of a highway by the commissioners, pursuant to Rev. Sts. c. 24, §§ 1-11, the damages must, under those sections, be assessed against the county, and not against the town; and that Cole, in proceeding under Rev. Sts. c. 25, § 6, had mistaken his remedy And of that opinion were the court.

Writ of certiorari to issue. '

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