Western Plank Road Co. v. Central Union Telephone Co.

The appellant acquired title to part of the National or Cumberland Eoad surveyed under the acts of Congress. After the acquisition of title it expended in the construction and repair of a toll road the sum of $24,534.04, and it kept the road in repair for many years, and collected tolls until the year 1871. On the 30th of July, 1867, the board of commissioners of Vigo county entered the following order: “ Whereas the Western Plank Eoad Company on the National Eoad .having failed to keep said road in good and proper repair as required by law, it is hereby ordered that the trustees of the…