Brannan v. Mecklenburg

Citations

• 49 Cal. 672

Syllabus

<p>Obening a Public Highway.—If a statute for opening public roads requires a petition for opening the road to be filed with the Board of Supervisors, and the Board to appoint viewers, who are to view the proposed location, and decide whether such proposed location is required for the public convenience, and report the same to the Board, the viewers must concur with the petitioners as to the location of the entire road petitioned for, or the Board of Supervisors have no jurisdiction to act. If the viewers report in favor of the location of a part only of the road petitoned for, the Board of Supervisors have no- jurisdiction to open such part.</p>