Smith v. Board of Supervisors

This case involves an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court of Franklin County which determined, pursuant to § 33-76.9, Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, that public necessity did not exist for continuance, and the welfare of the public would be served best by the abandonment, of three sections of secondary roads and bridges in Franklin County. These roads and bridges had been previously ordered abandoned by the Board of Supervisors of the county pursuant to § 33-76.8, Code of 1950 as amended.

The parties to this appeal are appellants, Gladys Smith and twelve other citizens of Franklin…