Fitzwater v. Hydro-Elec. Corp.

The appellants contend that an order of the Circuit Court of Garrett County, closing two portions of a road in that county, under the provisions of article 25, sections 142, et seq., of the Code of Public General Laws, is invalid because, in the original proceedings before the county commissioners, it was not made to appear that the persons who gave the public notice, and filed the originating petition, were citizens of the county. Section 143 of article 25 provides that, "whenever any citizen of any county intends to petition the county commissioners for opening, altering or closing any…