Maxfield v. Brooks

On the 1st day of October, 1917, the board of commissioners of Clermont county passed a preliminary resolution in favor of the construction of the improvement herein involved. It was followed by other resolutions touching the improvement and seeking state aid.

On January '29, 1920, the county commissioners passed a resolution providing, among other things, that of the cost of the improvement the state was to pay 60 per cent., the remaining 40 per cent, to be paid by the county, the townships through which the highway passed, and the abutting property holders on either side thereof; it being…