Town of Audubon v. Hand

On March 4, 1903, the commissioners of highways of the town of Audubon, in Montgomery county, made an order purporting to lay out a public highway one mile in length and of the width of forty feet, which crossed lands of the plaintiff in error, J. W. Hand. He appealed to three supervisors on the ground that the commissioners had no jurisdiction to lay out the road, and the supervisors reversed the order of the commissioners on that ground. The circuit court of Montgomery county allowed a writ of certiorari to review the record of the proceedings of the supervisors and quashed said…