Cummins v. Shields

This was a petition by Shields and others to the board of commissioners of Jackson county, for the laying out and establishing of a new highway described in the petition. Viewers were duly appointed by the board, who reported favorably; whereupon the appellant filed with the board two separate remonstrances, first, upon the ground that the proposed highway was not of public utility; and second, upon the ground that it would run through his improved and inclosed land, damaging him to the extent of three thousand dollars, and asking that reviewers be appointed to assess his damages. He did not,…