Land cannot be compulsorily appropriated for a highway that would not accommodate the public.
FOSTER, J.
This case is determined by the report of the commissioners that the highway "is for the sole accommodation and benefit of the defendant, and not for the accommodation of the public." It is settled beyond all controversy that "individual property can be compulsorily appropriated by the public only for public use." Dillon Mun. Corp., s. 460; Cooley Const. Lim. 530. "The appellant cannot be deprived of his property except for a public purpose." Cushing, C. J., in Underwood v. Bailey, 56 N.H. 187, 190.
Petition dismissed.
STANLEY, J., did not sit: the others concurred.