Costain v. Turner County

This action involves the opening and construction of a mile of section line highway. Petition therefor was signed by freeholders of the county and filed in the office of the county auditor. Notice of hearing was given, and the petition was heard on March 6, 1946. Thereafter the board of county commissioners ordered that the highway be opened. The Costain family named in the title hereto, as owners of nearly all the land affected, appealed from the decision of the board to the circuit court. The circuit court affirmed the right of the county to construct the highway and entered judgment for…