Johnson v. Stephenson

This is a writ of error prosecuted from a judgment of the Circuit Court, quashing certain proceedings had before highway commissioners to lay out a road. The highway commissioners refused the prayer of the petitioners to lay out a certain road, and dismissed the petition because there were not a sufficient number of petitioners, and because the i’oad asked for was not a public necessity. Upon the hearing of the petition the commissioners made and signed the following order, viz.:

“Ata meeting of the commissioners of highways, held in pursuance of a notice to hear reasons for and against…