Vermont Statutes Annotated

Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 19, § 759 (2026)

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Subchapter 005 : PROCEEDINGS IN SUPERIOR COURT ON REFUSAL OF SELECTBOARD TO ACT

(Cite as: 19 V.S.A. § 759)

§ 759. Orders on report; costs

The court may reject or accept the report in whole or in part, and by its order or decree establish, alter, or discontinue the highway, in whole or in part, and render judgment for or against the town in favor of the persons interested in the lands and for the damages they have severally sustained. If the petition is wholly granted, or wholly rejected, the court shall assign costs accordingly, or if otherwise, may assign costs as appears just. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1991–1991 · leading case: Hansen v. Town of Charleston, 597 A.2d 321 (Vt. 1991).

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Hansen v. Town of Charleston, 597 A.2d 321 (Vt. 1991). “19 V.S.A. § 759. Although the statute clearly authorizes the court to reject the commissioners’ report in whole or in part, the Town argues that the Legislature never intended to allow the court to reject a report that denies a reclassification.”

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