Cabell v. City of Cottage Grove

This is a declaratory judgment proceeding in which the State Highway Commission seeks a judicial determination and declaration of the extent of the jurisdiction and control vested in it by the legislature over city streets which constitute a part of the state highway system. The specific question is whether the commission is empowered in the construction, maintenance and operation of a state highway, within the limits of an incorporated city, to construct curbs or other barriers at the edge of the highway at certain street intersections so as to shut off access by vehicular traffic to the…