Harris v. Arnold

A petition for mandamus against named persons as county commissioners of Gwinnett County, having in charge the fiscal affairs of the county, alleged that the petitioner and the county, acting through its board of county commissioners, being predecessors of the defendants, entered into a written contract. A copy of the paper was attached as a part of the petition. It purported, on consideration of $350, to convey to the county certain easements for location of a highway through petitioner’s lands, and contained reciprocal covenants upon the part of the county. It was signed by the petitioner…