State ex rel. Draper v. Freese

Francis E. Draper, Eleanor Hyland, and Mary Ryan, as relators, brought this action in the district court for Jefferson County against Henry Freese, Fred Deffer, and Samuel C. Hutchinson, the county commissioners of Jefferson County, as respondents.

The purpose of the action is set forth in the prayer of the relator’s petition as follows: “ * * * that an alternative writ of mandamus be issued herein requiring that the respondents reopen and repair said public highway between Section Twelve in Township One, Range Two and Section Seven, Township One, Range Three in Jefferson County, Nebraska, and…