People Ex Rel. Mann v. Department of Public Works & Buildings

This is an action in mandamus by the People, on the relation of five individual residents of the city of Virginia, Cass county, against the Department of Public Works and Buildings, the director of said department and the superintendent of State highways, to compel the location and construction of a hard-surfaced road through the -city of Virginia along and upon the highway known as SpringfieldBeardstown road. The road is provided for by the act of 1917 known as the $60,000,000 Bond Issue act. A hearing was had in the circuit court, and at its conclusion a judgment was entered awarding the…