Highway Act 1835

LXXXVIII Persons who may think themselves aggrieved if such Highway should be ordered to be stopped up, &c may appeal.

Provided always, and be it further enacted, That when any such Certificate shall have been so given as aforesaid it shall and may be lawful for any Person who may think that he would be injured or aggrieved if any such Highway should be ordered to be diverted and turned or stopped up, either entirely or subject as aforesaid, and such new Highway set out and appropriated in lieu thereof as aforesaid, or if any unnecessary Highway should be ordered to be stopped up as aforesaid, to make his Complaint thereof by Appeal to the Justices of the Peace at the said Quarter Sessions, upon giving to the Surveyor Ten Days Notice in Writing of such Appeal, together with a Statement in Writing of the Grounds of such Appeal, who is hereby required, within Forty-eight Hours after the Receipt of such Notice, to deliver a Copy of the same to the Party by whom he was required to apply to the Justices to view the said Highway ; provided that in all Cases where the said Surveyor shall have been directed by the Inhabitants in Vestry assembled to apply to such Justices as aforesaid, then the said Surveyor shall not be required to deliver a Copy of such Notice to any Party : Provided also, that it shall not be lawful for the Appellant to be heard in support of such Appeal unless such Notice and Statement shall have been so given as aforesaid, nor on the Hearing of such Appeal to go into or give Evidence of any other Grounds of Appeal than those set forth in such Statement as aforesaid.