Lewis v. Turner

An election was held in Fayette county on June 5, 1911, to determine whether the provisions of §§ 705 to 711, inclusive, of the Civil Code, usually called the “alternative four days road law,” should become effective in that county; and the result of that election was officially declared to be in favor of the proposed law. The county commissioners had previously (March 7, 1911) passed an order levying a commutation tax for the year 1911 of four dollars in default of eight day’s work on the roads. Several citizens; subject to road duty, were cited to appear before the county commissioners’…