In Re Mattison's Petition

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• 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.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Preseault v. United States
  Federal Circuit· 1996-11-05· cited 254×
• Rheaume v. Pallito
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2011-07-01· cited 158×
• Capital Candy Company v. Savard
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1976-12-21· cited 20×
• Board of County Com'rs, Carbon County v. White
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1976-03-22· cited 12×
• In Re Bill
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1998-10-30· cited 11×
• Kirkland v. Kolodziej
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2016-07-17· cited 10×
• People Ex Rel. No. 3 J. & E. Discount, Inc. v. Whitler
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1980-09-15· cited 9×
• Bennett Estate v. Travelers Insurance
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1981-11-03· cited 8×
• Verrill v. Daley
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1967-11-01· cited 8×
• Austin v. Town of Middlesex
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2009-10-27· cited 7×
• J. Paul Preseault v. United States
  Federal Circuit· 1996-11-05· cited 3×
• Brice Kirkland and Gordon Kirkland v. James Kolodziej and Barbara Kolodziej
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2015-07-17· cited 2×
• Town of Granville and Green Crow Corporation, Inc. v. Joseph Loprete
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2017-10-20· cited 2×
• In Re the Estate of Shufelt
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1965-06-01
• Fellows v. Pallito
  Vermont Superior Court· 2016-02-10
• Burke v. Deml
  Vermont Superior Court· 2024-12-16