Agnew v. Hotchkiss

The opinion of the trial court so aptly and’ concisely disposes of the main issues that we adopt it as our own. It says:

“ ‘Highways are only to be laid out when the public good will therebj'- be promoted. Private considerations or inducements cannot rightfy enter into the question in any degree.’ State ex rel. Dosch v. Ryan, 127 Wis. 599, 601, 106 N. W. 1093. It is immaterial whether such inducements be the building of bridges or the voting of bonds by persons who are interested in the location or improvement of a particular road. The controlling factor must always be the good of the general…