Sullivan v. Robbins
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Mahaska, District Court. — HoN. D. Ryan, Judge. Action of mandamus to- compel defendant, who- is- road supervisor, to- remove obstructions from a certain highway, and to open the road to its full width. The trial court sustained a demurrer to plaintiff’s petition, and he appeals.—
1Opinion of the CourtDbeMee, J.
The petition and amendment thereto disclose that a certain highway in Mahaska county, which was duly established more than thirty years ago, is and was so obstructed as to be impassable-, and that defendant was duly notified before the commencement of the action to remove said obstructions, but that he had failed and neglected *237to do so. It also appears that the board of supervisors, on a petition signed by plaintiff and others, vacated, a part of the road which plaintiff says is obstructed, and reduced the remainder from fifty to thirty feet in width. The petition alleges that plaintiff’s…
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