Carroll v. Griffith

This was a proceeding begun by a petition of the citizens of Morgan county, filed before the.defendant in er*502ror, John Griffith, road commissioner, for laying off a public road across the lands of the plaintiff in error in Morgan county; John Griffith being the road commissioner of the district in which plaintiff in error’s land lay. The petition was filed February 1, 1905. On reading this paper, the road commissioner gave notice to Carroll and other landowners that he would examine the lands and lay off the road on a given day. On the day fixed he laid off the road and reported this action,…