In Re Mattison's Petition

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• holding that selectmen of a town did not have legal authority to convert a public roadway into a hiking trail
• \The procedure to be followed in laying out or discontinuing a highway is wholly statutory and the method prescribed must be substantially complied with or the proceedings will be void.\

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