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§ 808. Payment of damages

§ 808. Payment of damages When a court orders damages to be paid to a person for injury done to his or her lands by laying out or altering a highway, it may allow the town a reasonable time to pay the damages, not exceeding the time allowed for opening the highway. If the sum […]

§ 809. Value of discontinued highway

§ 809. Value of discontinued highway When a discontinued highway belongs to the owner of land through which a highway is laid out, the value may be taken into consideration in estimating the damages sustained by the owner. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)

§ 810. Allowance lands

§ 810. Allowance lands When a lot of land remains entire, as originally divided among the proprietors of a town, and is owned by one person, or jointly, to which a quantity of land was allowed for the use of highways more than has been taken up by highways already laid out, and a highway […]

§ 811. Benefits to landowner considered

§ 811. Benefits to landowner considered In estimating the damages sustained by a person owning or interested in lands, by reason of laying out or altering a highway, the benefits which the person may receive shall be taken into consideration. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)