State v. Inhabitants of Woolwich

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Lippincott, J.

This writ brings up for review a certain claim of one Jacob Sholders against the township of Woolwich, in the county of Gloucester, amounting to the sum of $42.38, and the resolution of the town meeting of that township ordering the payment of the claim.

It appears, from the facts in this case, that on February 22d, 1890, a peremptory mandamus was issued by this court to the defendant as overseer of the roads of the township of Woolwich, in the county of Gloucester, commanding him to open a certain public road in that township, for which…