Bernard v. Callaway County Court
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to Callaway Circuit Court. I. Defendants had the right of appeal from the county to the circuit court. (The county of Cooper v. Geyer, 19 Mo. 257.) II. The appeal was taken in due form of law and the court committed error in dismissing the appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtScott, Judge
This was a proceeding under a special act, passed February 16; 1857, (Sess. Acts, 1857, p. 811,) entitled “An act to establish a state road in Callaway and Audrain counties.” The act directed that the contemplated road should be opened and kept in repair under the law in force at the time in the counties in which it is located. It does not appear that any other than the general road law was in force in those counties. The commissioners appointed by the aforesaid act made their report to the Callaway county court at the December term, 1857; whereupon, as the record states, Thomas Bernard and…
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