Wallace v. Bradshaw

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Beasley, Chief Justice.

This suit that has produced this writ of error was brought to recover the penalty denounced in section 53 of the act concerning roads (Rev., p. 1006) against a citizen who, after notice, refuses to do his quota of work on the public highway.

It does not seem necessary to state in detail either the facts or the statutory regulations connected with the present controversy, inasmuch as the question to be decided is purely an abstract one relative to the meaning of a provision of the constitution of the state. It will suffice for…