Wiles v. Department of Public Works

This is an appeal brought by the department of public works of the state of Nebraska, the defendant and appellant in this case, from a judgment of the district court for Cass county entered in favor of the plaintiff and appellee, James Elbert Wiles. Prior to paving a portion of federal highway No. 75, which is also called King of Trails highway, it was required by the government rules for road construction that, as a condition to the United States paying a portion of the cost of paving the road, two slightly rounded turns at the corners of the farm, the first of which turns is just two miles…