Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-07-29
lrqal Notices.

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missioDers for the County OF Hancock and
State OF Maine. to be holden at Ellsworth,
within and for the County OF Hancock, on
the second Tuesday of April, A. d. 1897.
u RESPECTFULLY represents Charles
~ Judge. of San Francisco, California, q
town way in Brooklin. in said county, lead
uel W. fainter to the highway leading from
Brooklin village to Naskeag Point, and near
the house Of Emery Fl. Herrick; that said
road between said described roads is not
necessary and not demanded by public con-
venience, but that the selectmen OF said town
OF Brooklin, upon petition of Herman G.
habitans of said Brooklin, and owners OF
cultivated land therein on the 1ith day of
June. a. d. 1897, having given notice required
by law OF their intention, laid out a town way
over the route described as follows. to wit:
Beginning at the eastern line of land of 5.
w Taintcr's at the location Of the said way
as trst laid out. Changing the course form
erly laid across land of Charles Judge from
:. f.. u :. :. F.. Il rods to stake; thence south
of Judges house :. f.. by r.. rods to land of
David Roberts; thence across Roberts land :
r. by /. 10 rods To land of Ehen Kane; thence
across kaue's land +. grods to land of II. &.
Bracy, thence across Bracy,s land : 4. 40
rods to stake in stone .Yall +. :. T., ~ rods to
land of Julia \. llerrick; thence across Julia
a. lierrtck's land :. T.. by +. 30 rods to land
of T. II. licrrick; thence across said Her
rick's land :. T.. by ;. 60 rods to stone wall in
field; thence T.. :. f. Is rods to pile of stones
at town Way near the lane leading to T.. II.
Herrlck.s dwelling house. The line de
scrihcd to he the middle of the highway and
the highway to be three rods wide, total dis
tanCr 33i rods The same being over, on and
through land belonging to your petitioner.
That for the taking of said land for the pur-
poses aforesaid. the said seleCtmen of said
BROOKLYN, awarded to your petitioner the
sum OF one dollar damages. That your pc
titIoner is aEgrieyed by the decision of said
seleCtmen i'll their estimate of damages made
IN their report to the town of Brooklin dated
june II, 1897. That on the 2sth day of June,
y. d. 1897, the report of the seIectmen of said
BROOKLYN, on the laying out of the above de
scribed way presented at a meeting of
the town of Brooklin; at which meeting the
way was established, an article for said pur-
pose having been inserted in the warrant for
said meeting. which said report accepted
by the town of Brooklin, and said town of
Br0Oktin voted to build said road and as
sessed the damages in the aforesaid sum of
one dollar. That said town way was laid out
over and across a certain lot or parcel OF land
of which your petitioner was then and now
is owner in fee simple. That said laying out
and acceptance of said way over and across
your petitioners land was unreasonable and
erroneous; that said way is not demanded by
public convenience and totally unnecessary,
and that said award and estimate of damages
to your petitioner was unreasonable and IN
adequate, whereby your petitioner Is ag-
grieved; wherefore your said petitioner with
in one year thereafter appeals from said de-
cison and prays to have said way discon-
tinued and all the action OF said selectmen
in said proceedings annuled and reversed, or
that the location of the first part of the
above described way, so far as its location is
on your petitioners land, may be altered, or
that he may have his damages estimated by
law. CHARLES JUDGE,
by Edward +. Chase, his attorney.
Dated at Brooklin this 18th day of July,
\. d. 1897.
STATE OF MAINE.
HANCOCK ss.;-Court of County Commits
sioner-, April term, a. d ls97.
Upon the FOREGOING petition it l. considered
Inv tine commissioners that the petitioner j.