Smith v. Alexander

William, Alexander and twenty-nine others, citizens and freeholders of Marion county, filed a petition before the board of commissioners of said county, for the location of a public highway. Proof of notice of the petition, by publication in a weekly newspaper published in the county, was made, and also that at least six of the petitioners were freeholders who resided in the immediate neighborhood of the road petitioned for. At the time the petition was filed, John W. Hamilton appeared as the attorney of Henry Smith and others, and filed written objections to the reception of the petition, on…