Romsdahl v. Town of Long Lake

Defendants appealed from a judgment directing that a peremptory writ of mandamus issue commanding them to open a road and make it suitable for travel.

On October 28, 1918, the supervisors of defendant town made an order refusing to lay out and establish a certain proposed highway one and one-half miles in length. An appeal was taken to the district court where a jury reversed the board. On July 19, 1920, judgment was entered establishing the proposed highway. Since then plaintiffs’ repeated requests for action have been fruitless; hence this proceeding. Defendants assert that they do not have…