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Home » US Law » 2022 Vermont Statutes » Title 19 - Highways » Chapter 7 - Laying Out, Discontinuing, and Reclassifying Highways » Subchapter 8: NEGLECT OF TOWN TO BUILD HIGHWAYS OR BRIDGES

§ 781. Assessment

§ 781. Assessment When a town does not perform the order of the Supreme or Superior Court as to building a highway or building a bridge, the court may, on application, assess the town a sum sufficient to build and complete the highway or bridge. The assessment shall be spent in building the highway or […]

§ 782. Application; service of citation

§ 782. Application; service of citation The application may be made by one or more of the original petitioners for the highway or bridge within three years from the expiration of the time prescribed by the court order for the performance, and, with a citation, shall be served on one of the selectmen of the […]

§ 783. Trial by jury; costs

§ 783. Trial by jury; costs The town may have a trial by jury regarding its neglect to perform the order of the court and the court may award costs to either party. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)

§ 784. Suspension of assessment upon discontinuance of highway or bridge

§ 784. Suspension of assessment upon discontinuance of highway or bridge When a highway or bridge established by a court is discontinued in whole or in part and before the assessment under section 781 of this title has been spent according to the court order, the town assessed may apply to have the court suspend […]