Gaddis v. Cherokee County Road Commission

The judgment of the court commands the defendant to proceed within ten days to make the change in location of the road in accordance with the resolution of April, 1926. This is equivalent to a mandamus. The plaintiff insists that the resolution of April, 1926, constituted a contract between him and the defendant with respect to the location of the road in controversy. This Court has held that administrative boards, exercising public functions, cannot by contract deprive themselves of the right to exercise the discretion delegated by law, in the performance of public duties, and the courts…