State v. Troth

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Depue, J.

On the application of ten freeholders and residents in the county of Burlington, the Court of Common Pleas appointed surveyors of the highways to lay out a public road in the township of Bordentown, in said county. The road applied for lies entirely within the city of Bordentown. The surveyors having made return of the road as laid out, a motion was made to set aside and vacate the proceedings on several grounds, which will be noticed.

The Court of Common Pleas having refused to set aside the proceedings, a writ of certiorari was sued out,…