State Ex Rel. Lane v. Pankey

Original proceeding in this court to prohibit respondents, composing the county court of. Linn County, from exercising jurisdiction in a proceeding instituted in the county court for the establishment of a change of public road so that the same will run through the lands of relators. The county court proceeding is in conformity with Sections 8473 to 8478, both inclusive, Revised Statutes Missouri, 1939, [Mo. R.S.A.] which purport to vest in the county court exclusive authority to establish and maintain public roads.

Those statutes were valid' when enacted for the Constitution then vested…