The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-12-04
BrattlebOr0 Local
JUDGE HEIRS WANT DAMAGES.
claim Property on Vernon Street Has
Bsen Harmed by Raising Hushvav


There VAS a hearing before the IRA,
ilslofa board ~ selecimen SATURDAY ~
Js,sImlne III. damages done 10 III.
rpIefiy of the Thomas Judge heir.
though the raising Of Vernon stree, hi
lfoll II the property on that tboronpL'
ha un Monday the selectmen H..
tlisd noi 10 raise the highway M tina,
yoinl any more for the present, also
,ialins that no damages would II.
allowed the plaintiffs. Their r.port an
tie matter, rendered "Wednesday, does
Dol mention the question of damages.
X C. Bacon, attorney for the heirs
oil bring suit against the selectmen
e fet0Vef damages.
Saturdays hearing began nj n
otlotk, after a survey OF the premises
bI the interested parties Ind been
nade, and al II clock IL WINS mi,
Eprhed until . o clock in the after.
iooh number of witnesses were
lfati, but after a long drawn out con.
tsfente the board was as far away from
decision as II had been at the omen,
itg 81 the hearing, In the claim for
damages made by the Judge heirs, they |
issen that along some parts of theft |
property the road has been raised 1--WE |
FEET or more that their property has
been enernaehed upon. and that they
~. therefore entitled 10 damages
10 the Judgment Of the seleetmep
rhch was rendered Monday afternoon'
iley decided not 10 raise the highway
10 front Of the property any more FOR
The present. IL already having been
JARED from 2is 10 2 feet. They will
pul on gravel surface, however, and
make the road thoroughly d. for travel
III, report was filed Wednesday after.
boon and states that ON Nov. 10 appli.
alton was made TO the seleetmen 10
aise the roadbed of the highway in
mont Of dwelling house on Vernon
,reet, owned by the estate of Thomas ,
Judge, whereupon the selectmcn or.
ered hearing for Nov. os, when nil !
efsons interested might be heard on /
be question of raising the road more =
han three feet and the question of \
amaees sustained by reason thereof. a
be seelectmen say they gave notice to !,
u heirs and tenants. and that the il
arties met in front of the dwelling /
'Ise, the heirs being represented by Ii
ebert Z. Bacon, and afterwards held o
hearing in the county clerks office. n
he report concludes as follows: "And n
" after an examination of said "
emises and hearing the evidence, we a
Of the opinion and do decide that m
e public good and the necessity and
nvenience of individuals does not re. p
ire said roadbed TO be raised more al
an three feet in front of said dwell.
, -house, and we do therefore order
II said roadbed in front of said
be not raised in excess
three feet from the level of the
Idbed when the work of raising it
$ begun The report does not men.
. the question of damages. :.
The work of raising the highway be. nc &c
ne necessary according to the select ~
n and they claim that they have the "a
ht to raise the highway three feet p; %
hout allowing damages. r. c. ~ IT.
,on, counsel for the heirs, stated &c
Wednesday that the roadbed had M
n raised more than three feet in e f,e
.es and that he should bring suit ro
inst the selectmen to recover 40
lages. 40