Crossley v. O'Brien

This was a petition for the establishment of a public highway. Upon remonstrance, the board of commissioners appointed reviewers, who reported that the proposed road would not be of public utility, and, also, assessed the damages of John Crossley at $15, of Gustavus H. Voss at $5, and the P. & I. R. R. Co. at $100, and, thereupon, the board dismissed the petition, unless the petitioners would open and maintain the road at their own expense. The petitioners appealed to the Court of Common Pleas, where the question of the public utility of the road, and of the damages of the remonstrants, were…