Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-07-09
THE ROAD CASE AGAIN.
Seven Years Opening q Galloway
Highway and Still Rev.
Woody is Not Sat
isfied.

% the Editor of the Ledger.
Mexico, NO., July 7.-DEAR
SIR: I see that Mr.. G. l.. Ben-
lett, your correspondent, arises to
/ question of privilege-to explain.
While on the floor will he please
tell US plainly why his name ap-
pears on the paper as leading Pc
.itioner anu plaintiff in the suit for
the forcing the fright of way"
over Rev. Woody's premises and
improvements7 Again, that is, i'll
be knows n.thing of this case,
whether or not he bought the two
acres of which he speaks of being
the sole owner, of Mr.. Morgan
Greer, to be used for a public road
and no other purpose? Again,
when did Mr.. Woody sue you for
damages? State specifically the
nature of the case. Again, to ex-
plain why he did not accept some
one of the verdicts rendered by the
seven juries appointed by the
County Court of Galloway county
to view out said public road rum
ming from Gadd's mill road to
county line road, a distance of one
and one half miles. Again, why
are you So persistent in opening q
road which will be of such great
benefit to Mr.. Woody, as you say
it will be worth $500 to him in
improvement in the value of his
realty2 Why do you and others
in your neighborhood wish to
thrust upon Mr.. Woody so great a
benefit as that and he at the same
time refusing to accept SO great q
favor at your hands? Again, if it
be of so much value to Mr.. Woody
to have the road on his place for
one mile tearing up his improve
ments worth three to four hundred
dollars besides the land consisting
of three or four acres worth a hum
dred dollars or more, why did the
seven sets of commissioners sent
out by the County Court of Gala
way in as many years fix the dam.
ages due Mr.. Woody at sums rang.
ing from seventy-fivs to two hun
dred dollars, because of having
this public road forced over his
premises2 That if said road would
be of such great public utility and
the entire community consisting of
hundreds of citizens of Galloway
and Audrain counties be so great.
ly benefited by opening this pub
lie highway, why should Mr..
Woody carry all this loss and dam
age, suffering a loss of $500 besides
having to pay taxes on this public
highway to the centre of same,
and then pay a road tax in addi-
tion to that for all time to come to
keep up this public highway, Mr..
Woody himself being only one Of
the public. Again, ifMr. Woody'a
farm being located near the public
highway and having already two
miles and more of public highway
located on it and then this addi.
tioral mile, making three miles for
Mr.. Woody, should enhance the
value of his premises, according to
Mr.. Bennett, to the amount OF
$500, that is this additional mile
of public road would be worth that
to him, how much would this pub
lie road enhance the value of the
Bennett farm now owned by the
Galloway Savings Banking corpor.
alton, this proposed road being the
only channel of ingress and egress
to the outer world? Mr.. Bennett, and
others, too numerous to mention,
name, are very greatly interested,
and have been, now, for eight o,
nine years, to help Mr.. Woody
increase his worldly goods by de.
voting to their use his premises
and improvements for one mile.
It would not be so strange that Mr..
B. should ask Mr.. Woody to do sc
much for him, seeing he is 80 poor
But it would be a very strange
thing for this banking corporation
known as the Galloway Saw
ings Bank, to ask Mr.. Woody
to take this population of an inher.
itance from the little children te
whom it belongs and give it te
them. This is the ninth time
am told that the County Court O
Galloway has admitted this case tt
docket, to help these gentlemen
out. Surely they are of long suf
fering and very kind to the peti
TONERS, having sent out twenty
seven jurymen at different tlmei
running through q term of min,
years-eight sets, making "a men
who have said that Mr.. Woody il
entitled to damages. I might ado
that I have no interest in this case
only that justice be done and fair
play be had. CITIZEN.
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