Idol v. . Hanes

The questions presented for our decision are: Whether the petitioners had the right to withdraw their names before action by the Board of Commissioners on the question of approval, and whether such withdrawal abated the authority of the Commissioners to'act in the premises. We answer both of these questions in the affirmative.

Since the general type of procedure set up in the statute under review is common all over the United States, as applied to various kinds of improvement, from schools to drainage and to elections upon a multitude of subjects, counsel for both sides, ranging a fertile…