Huffman v. Board of Supervisors
North Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from tlie District Court of Benson County, Butiz, J. Plaintiff appeals from a judgment holding that a highway has been established. This petition was not signed by six legal voters of West Bay township who own real estate in the vicinity of the road to be established. Under such circumstances the petition was not sufficient to clothe the board with jurisdiction to act.
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Appeal from tlie District Court of Benson County, Butiz, J. Plaintiff appeals from a judgment holding that a highway has been established. This petition was not signed by six legal voters of West Bay township who own real estate in the vicinity of the road to be established. Under such circumstances the petition was not sufficient to clothe the board with jurisdiction to act. Bockoven v. Board of Supervisors (S. D.) 83 N. W. 335; Warne v. Baker, 35 111. 382; Highway Comrs. v. Ellwood, 193 111. 304; Hall v. McDonald, 171 Ind. 9; Thrall v. Gosnell, 28 Ind. App. 174; Wilson v. Twp. (Mich.) 49 N.…
1Per curiam
On December 28, 1917, the board of supervisors of West Bay township in Benson county made an order laying out, establishing, and opening a highway “beginning at the common corner of sections 9, 10, 15, and 16 in township 1.53, north of range 67 west of the fifth principal meridian, and running due east along the section line between the said sections 10 and 15 to the place where said section line intersects the meander line bounding Devils Lake, such highway to be opened for a distance of 33 feet on either side of said section line from the said common corner of the four sections hereinbefore…
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