Fairey v. Sawyer, Com'r

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Blease.

This is one of the several road cases brought here either on appeal or in the original jurisdiction of the Court. A brief statement only is necessary for a correct understanding of the issues involved in the controversy. In 1924, the General Assembly passed an important Act (33 St. at Targe, 1193), known as the Pay-as-You-Go Act, the purpose of which was to create and establish a state-wide connected system of hard-surfaced, top-soiled and other dependable types of public roads, to be known as the “state highway sys tern.” Under the…