Brown v. McCord

Samuel McCord and others, to the number of 80, at the September term, 1861, filed their petition before the Board of Commissioners of Warren county, for the location of a public highway in Liberty township, in that county. The petition describes the proposed highway, names the owners of the land through which it will run, and prays the appointment of viewers, &c., but fails to allege that 12 of the petitioners are freeholders, or that six of them reside in the immediate neighborhood of the highway j>roposed to be located.

The Board, in accordance with the prayer, appointed three viewers, who…