Sidener v. Essex

Thomas Essex and others, to the number of eighteen, at the September term, 1859, filed their petition be*202fore the Board of Commissioners of Bartholomew county, for the location of a public highway. The petition describes the proposed highway, names the owners of the land through which it will run, and prays the appointment of viewers, &c. The board, in accordance with the prayer, appointed three viewers, who, at the March term, 1860, reported that they had viewed, laid out and marked the proposed highway, and that the same, when opened, would be of public utility. At the last named term,…