Cummins v. Pence
Indiana Supreme Court
From Wells Circuit Court; Charles E. Sturgis, Judge. Highway proceeding by George O. Pence and others, against which Robert F. Cummins remonstrates. From a judgment for petitioners, remonstrant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMyers, J.
This was a proceeding under the gravel road law of 1905 (Acts 1905 p. 521) as amended in 1907, for the improvement of public highways by taxation.
A petition was filed by appellees, and notice thereof given of the time and place set for hearing. The board of commissioners dismissed the proceeding, and appellees appealed to the circuit court, where the matter was heard and remanded to the board of commissioners to proceed under the petition, which it did, to the point of ordering the improvement.
Appellant filed an affidavit of interest under §6021 Burns 1908, §5772 R. S. 1881, and appealed to…
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