King v. . Blackwell
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ApplicatioN pok a public road, heard on. appeal from the County Commissioners, before Connor, Judge, and a jury, at August Term, 1886, of ■ Caswell Superior Court. This was an application to the county commissioners of the county of Caswell, to have laid out and established a public road in that county.
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ApplicatioN pok a public road, heard on. appeal from the County Commissioners, before Connor, Judge, and a jury, at August Term, 1886, of ■ Caswell Superior Court. This was an application to the county commissioners of the county of Caswell, to have laid out and established a public road in that county. Upon appeal to the Superior Court, the appellants prepared the following issue to be submitted to the jury: “Is a public road leading from Sid-dle’s Store, on the Greensboro and Yancey ville road, to Lovelace’s Shop, on the Greensboro and Danville road, necessary?” To this the Court added the…
1Opinion of the Court
Merrimon, J.,
(after stating the facts). The statute (The Code, §2014,) invests the board of county commissioners in each county of the State, with full power and authority “to appoint and settle ferries; to order the laying out of public roads when necessary; to appoint where bridges shall be made; to discontinue such roads and ferries as shall be found useless, and to alter roads so as to make them more useful,” within their county; §2038 prescribes that application shall be made “ upon petition in writing ” to have a public ferry or road laid out and established, and §2039 prescribes how…
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