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· 4/5/1966

Town of Woodstock v. Cleveland

Citations

  • 218 A.2d 691
  • 125 Vt. 510
  • 1966 Vt. LEXIS 220

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding that because town “voluntarily assumed the burden of maintaining the road and keeping it in repair, summer and winter, over many consecutive years,” the town has recognized and accepted “the public character of the road”
  • concluding that because town “voluntarily as sumed the burden of maintaining the road and keeping it in repair, summer and winter, over many consecutive years,” the town has recognized and accepted “the public character of the road”
  • “Every court has the power to determine in the first instance its jurisdiction to entertain the proceedings brought before it.”
  • \Every court has the power to determine in the first instance its jurisdiction to entertain the proceedings brought before it.\
  • “Apart from statutory provisions, a public way may be established by dedication and acceptance”
  • “Apart from statutory provisions, a public way may be established by dedication and acceptance.”

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Judges: Holden, Shangraw, Barney, Smith, Keyser

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