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DOOLITTLE v. PRESTON

(3585)

5 Conn. App. 448 (1985)

WALTER P. DOOLITTLE ET AL. v. TOWN OF PRESTON

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Decision released November 12, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank N. Eppinger, for the appellants (plaintiffs).

Frank A. Manfredi, for the appellee (defendant).

DUPONT, C. J., HULL and BORDEN, JS.

HULL, J.

The dispositive issue in this case is whether a vote by the defendant town to "abandon" part of a road was invalid because the word "abandon" was used throughout the proceedings rather than the word "discontinue" which is used in the controlling statute, General Statutes § 13a-49.1 We conclude that the trial court was correct in concluding that the town's use of the wrong term did not invalidate the proceedings and, therefore...

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