Brown v. Davis County

Our disposition of this case involves a consideration of certain specific provisions of the statute, which may as well be set forth here, for convenience of reference, as follows:

“Sec. 1527-rl. Ten freeholders of any county by a petition to the board of supervisors of said county or the county engineer may, at any time, recommend the expediency and advisability of changing the course of any part J , . , . or any road or stream withm any county, m ’ . order to avoid unnecessarily expensive bridges, _ . ...... grades or railroad crossings, or to straighten any road, or to cut off dangerous…