Legal Opinion

Cooper v. Harmon

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided February 21, 1908No. 21,177PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Prom Boone Circuit Court; Samuel B. Artman, Judge. Highway petition by William M. Harmon and others, against which Jacob Cooper and another remonstrate. From a judgment for petitioners, remonstrants appeal. Transferred from Appéllate Court under §1393 Burns 1908, Acts 1907, p. 237, §2.

1Opinion of the CourtGillett, J.

Appellees instituted this proceeding before the Board of Commissioners of the County of Boone to locate a highway having for its median line the line dividing the counties of Marion and Boone. The highway was established by the board, and appellants appealed to the circuit court, where the result was als'o adverse to them.

1. The principal question in the case is whether, under section twenty-one of the act of 1905 (Acts 1905, p. 521, §7669 Burns 1908), the board had jurisdiction to locate a highway on and along the county line, and not otherwise extending into the other county. Under said…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Vawter v. GillilandIndiana Supreme Court · 1876
  2. Good v. BurkIndiana Supreme Court · 1906
  3. Conaway v. AschermanIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
  4. South Boston Railroad v. Middlesex RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
  5. Bowers v. SnyderIndiana Supreme Court · 1882

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Antenucci v. Hartford Roman Catholic Diocesan CorporationSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1955
  2. Wherry v. Backelman, Trustee, Etc.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1955

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