Walter v. Board of County Commissioners

This is an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County sustaining a demurrer filed by appellees to appellant’s petition for the writ of mandamus to compel and require the Board of County Commissioners of Montgomery County, specifically named therein, “instanter to make proper repairs to highways Nos. 1 and 2 and render the same safe and usable to the petitioner and the public at the earliest possible date.” The petition was filed by appellant as a citizen, taxpayer and resident of the county, whose home was upon a farm one mile from the post office of Derwood, the farm…