Board of Supervisors v. People

This was a proceeding by mandamus to compel the county of Logan to contribute one half the cost of a certain bridge, under Sec. 19, Ch. 121, R. S.

There was judgment- according to the prayer of relator’s petition, and the record is brought here by writ of error, at the instance of the county. In the month of February, 1883, a bridge across Sugar Creek, on the line between the towns of West Lincoln and Sheridan, was swept away by high water. The commissioners of highways of the two towns met in April and agreed to rebuild, the cost to be borne equally by the towns. A contract was let, in June,…