Supreme Court of Vermont February 15, 1853 (Town of Shrewsbury v. Brown)

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Bennett, J.

This is^ an action on the case, for obstructing a highway in the town of Shrewsbury. The highway mentioned in the declaration, and for the obstruction of which the action was brought, was formerly a part of the Green Mountain Turnpike, chartered in 1799, and so remained till about 1841, when the same became a public highway, by proceedings