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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 edition. Excerpt: ...with sufficient sureties, etc., which bond was accordingly filed. In the circuit court, on motion of appellants, appellee was required to file an itemized statement and account of the expenses of said turnpike, or free gravel road, which the court refused to reject, on appellant's motion, and refused to require appellee to comply with the order requiring it to file such itemized account, etc. Appellants refiled their motion filed before the commissioners to dismiss the cause, and the court overruled the same, and appellants excepted. There was a trial by the court, which, upon request, made a special finding of the facts, and stated its con Manor ea al. 11. The Board of Commissioners of Jay County. clusions of law thereon, to which conclusions appellants excepted. "The court finds that on the day of June, 1881, on a petition signed by five land-owners for the location of a free gravel road, and bond to secure costs of preliminary surveys, etc., the board of commissioners appointed viewers and an engineer to view the said gravel road which had been described, and was the road now in question; that afterwards said viewers and engineer reported to said board the lands that would be affected by the location of said road and estimated the cost at $4,800, which report was approved and said road located upon the line prayed for in the petition, and a committee to apportion the cost and expenses upon the lands affected, as reported by the first viewers, was appointed, said committee made their report to said board; that due notice was given to hear grievances by said board, from the land-owners affected by the location of the same as to why said assessments reported by said committee should not be confirmed; that afterwards, on the...