State ex rel. Enerson v. County Commissioners

Relator applied for a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel respondents, as county commissioners, to *200restore a wrecked Cedar river bridge as part of a public road running east and west midway between tbe north and the south boundary of section 22, township 18, range 7, Boone county. Except when temporarily out of repair, the bridge has been used continuously by the-public since 1879. Relator is seeking to coerce performance of the board’s statutory duty to keep the highway, including the bridge, in a proper condition for travel. Respondents resist the application on two-grounds: A plan to…