Commonwealth v. Chase

Decided October 15, 1806

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · decided 1806-10-15

<p>Town must be notified of a petition for a highway before the Court of Sessions adjudge it of common convenience and necessity.</p>

Cited in Abbott (1879)’s definition of “Month” · Anderson (1889)’s definition of “Month”

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Decided 1806-10-15

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Cited by 6 later decisions — most recently April 1914

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¶1This was a certiorari to the Sessions, brought to quash the proceedings relative to the laying out a highway in Shirley, upon the petition of Chase Al. The Court of Sessions, without * notice to the town, adjudged the way prayed [ *171 ] ,for to be of common convenience and necessity, and appointed a committee to lay it out. And for this cause the

¶2Proceedings were quashed. (a)

¶3Commonwealth vs. Peters, 3 Mass. Rep. 229. —Commonwealth vs. Cambridge, 4 Mass. Rep. 627. — Same vs. Same, 7 Mass Rep. 158 — Commonwealth vs. Coombs, 2 Mass. Rep. 489.— Commonwealth vs. Great Barrington, 6 Mass. Rep. 492.