People Ex Rel. Green v. . Smith

It was held by this court, in the case of The People ex rel.Rogers v. Spencer,* decided at the present term, that the jurisdiction of the county judge to exercise any authority or to make any adjudication under the act of 1869 (Laws of 1869, chap. 907) was contingent upon the presentation to him, in the first instance, of a petition in conformity with the act. The court in that case reversed an adjudication made by the county judge, on the ground that the petition did not state that the railroad company named therein was a railroad company in this State, although that fact was proved on the…