Wilkinson v. Culp

Ohio Supreme Court

Wilkinson v. Culp

40 Ohio St. (N.S.) 86

Ohio Supreme Court·Decided January 15, 1883·Published

Opinion

By the Court.

In 1876 the commissioners of Jefferson County were attempting, upon petition of Robert Wilkinson, to appropriate certain land belonging to John Culp for a roadway, under an act “to authorize the making of roads and bridges in certain cases,” passed February 8, 1847, and an amendatory act passed March 8, 1850, 1 S. & C., 526 and 527. In the court below the defendant in error sought to restrain Wilkinson and the commissioners from proceeding in this attempt.

Seld: Said acts were in violation of section 19, article 1 of the constitution of the state, and were void.

Judgment of district court affirmed.

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By the Court.

In 1876 the commissioners of Jefferson County were attempting, upon petition of Robert Wilkinson, to appropriate certain land belonging to John Culp for a roadway, under an act “to authorize the making of roads and bridges in certain cases,” passed February 8, 1847, and an amendatory act passed March 8, 1850, 1 S. & C., 526 and 527. In the court below the defendant in error sought to restrain Wilkinson and the commissioners from proceeding in this attempt.

Seld: Said acts were in violation of section 19, article 1 of the constitution of the state, and were void.

Judgment of district court affirmed.

Wilkinson v. Culp, 40 Ohio St. (N.S.) 86 (Ohio 1883).

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