Board of Supervisors of Logan County v. People ex rel. Commissioners of Highways of the Towns of West Lincoln & Sheridan

There was a public highway on the line between the towns of West Lincoln and Sheridan, in Logan county. In the fall and winter of 1883 the commissioners of highways of these towns built an iron bridge, upon stone abutments, over Sugar creek, at a point where said highway crossed the creek, and ■where the creek crossed the line between the towns. The bridge cost $4360, one-half of which is $2180. The board of supervisors of the county paid $1000 of the $2180, but declined to pay any more. The highway commissioners filed their petition in the circuit court of Logan county, at the September…