Supreme Judicial Court of Maine July 1, 1849 (Watkins v. Eaton)

The opinion of the Court, was drawn up by

Shepley, C. J.

— The County Commissioners of the several counties were authorized by the act approved on April 1, 1836, c. 242, to assess unincorporated townships of land for the repair of highways laid out and opened over them. It is admitted by the agreed statement, that township numbered three in the second range was legally assessed for that purpose.