Edge v. Brice

Plaintiffs bring this action as taxpayers seeking a declaration chapter 205 of the Acts of the Fifty-eighth General Assembly is unconstitutional and to restrain defendant highway commission from mailing reimbursements under chapter 205. Three public utilities have intervened. The trial court held chapter 205 constitutional and dismissed plaintiffs’ petition. They appeal.

This case finds its origin in the Federal interstate highway program. This program instituted by the Congress will, when completed, include 41,000 miles of superhighways connecting all principal cities. This will not only be…