Wilburn v. Raines
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Giles county. The bill, among other things, prayed for an injunction against certain road commissioners of Giles county, to enjoin them from proceeding to hear the petition of certain persons (named as defendants) for a change in a road mentioned in the bill, or “doing any acts towards opening or changing the road through the lands of” complainants. Decree for the defendants. Complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
This appeal is from a decree dismissing on demurrer a bill in equity by the appellant, impleading' the board of road commissioners of Walker’s Creek Magisterial District in Giles county, to have an act to provide for “the establishing, altering, discontinuing and working and keeping in repair the roads and bridges of that county,” and for incidental purposes, as amended, approved March 14, 1908, declared unconstitutional. Acts 1908, p. 611.
Before considering the constitutional questions relied on, we shall notice the assignment of error, that the matters prayed for in the application for a…
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