Commissioners of Polk County v. Mayor of Cedarton

The Mayor and Council of the City of Cedar-town filed their petition praying that the writ of mandamus might issue to require the county commissioners of Polk county to repair, and', if necessary, rebuild a bridge which had been constructed under the direction of the county authorities. The petition set forth, in substance, the folio-wing: In 1889 the county commissioners ordered that a named person should proceed as early as practicable to purchase material to build a bridge across a named stream. In pursuance of this order the bridge was built at the county’s expense, and was kept in repair…