Watson v. Towns of South Side and French Lake

On appeal to the district court from an order of the town boards of French Lake and South Side, Wright county, refusing to lay out and establish a cartway, the respondents (appellants there) prevailed on the ground that the boards acted upon an erroneous theory of the law and without appreciating the petitioners’ legal rights, and the court reversed the order with directions to the boards to proceed in accordance with G. S. 1923 (1 Mason, 1927) § 2588(5). The boards have appealed from an order denying a new trial.

The respondents, hereinafter called the petitioners, own lots and tracts of…