Bay Industry, Inc. v. Jefferson County

Bay Industry, Inc., appeals a judgment of the Jefferson County Superior Court which affirmed a decision by the Board of County Commissioners vacating a county road. The vacation proceedings were initiated by a petition to the Board purportedly signed by 10 freeholders. Appellant contends that the petition had insufficient freeholder signatures, that the Board's action was arbitrary and capricious and that Board-imposed conditions for vacating the road violated appellant's constitutional right to equal protection of the law. We reverse, holding that one of the Board's conditions for vacating…