State ex rel. Combs v. Staten
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Vernon Circnit Court. — Hon. B. G. Thurman, Judge. (1) The matter of establishing a public road is in the nature of condemnation proceedings, strictly a statutory proceeding, and contrary to the course of the common law. The statute must be strictly complied with. Sec. 10435, R. S. 1909; Spurgeon v. Bartlett, 56 Mo.
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Appeal from Vernon Circnit Court. — Hon. B. G. Thurman, Judge. (1) The matter of establishing a public road is in the nature of condemnation proceedings, strictly a statutory proceeding, and contrary to the course of the common law. The statute must be strictly complied with. Sec. 10435, R. S. 1909; Spurgeon v. Bartlett, 56 Mo. App. 355; Anderson v. Pemberton, 89 Mo. 601; Railroad v. Kellogg, 54 Mo. 334; Jefferson County v. Cowan, 54 Mo. 234; Whitelet v. Platt County, 73 Mo. 30; Bennett v. Hall, 184 Mo. 407. Not one of the jurisdictional steps were taken by the court in this cause. Spurgeon…
1Opinion of the Court
RAILEY, C.
— On October 7, 1912, a petition for a writ of certiorari was filed in the circuit court of Vernon County, Missouri, which, without caption and the description of the proposed road, reads as follows:
“The relator herein, J. W. Combs, complains of the respondents, Jasper N. Staten, W. S. Creel and Jas. H. Catón, and for cause of action states that the respondents do now and did at all times hereinafter complained of, compose the county court of *291Vernon County, State of Missouri; and that on the ■-- day of October, 1911, it being the regular October term of the county court of said…
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