The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-18
GAINESVILLE. ROAD WORK |IS HALTED Judge Reinstates Injunc- ton Pending Appeal
 To Higher Court CITIZENS KEEP UP
 FIGHT ON DETOUR Case To Be Special Order Before The State Su-
 preme Court CONTRACT FOR ROAD ALREADY AWARDED Another Step Taken In Behalf Of The Epes-Boligee
 Route
CITIZENS KEEP UP
 FIGHT ON DETOUR
CONTRACT FOR ROAD
 ALREADY AWARDED
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"a MONTGOMERY, Ala, May IT.. Judge Leon McCord in an order following a hearing Saturday re- instated pending appeal the tempo rary injunction restraining the state highway commission from tdetour- ing the state trunk highway from Eutaw to Livingston via Gainesville. Bond required of the complainants was fixed at $B,0O0 by agreement of counsel and was made this aft ernoon.
 The order of the court provided for the reinstatement of the injunc- tion hitherto dissolved, to remain in full force and effect pending the decision of the case by the supreme court. Harris. Gunter, register of the Montgomery circuit court, gave assurances that the transcript of the record in the case will be ready by Thursday, next, for submission Co the supreme court, and counsel for both parties expressed desire ka haye ik submitted as quickly as poassbie. When submitfed3 it will Nh q pxeE Eexxed ease owisl& to its naE1ixe, on the supreme court dock et. according Go tho lawyers.
 Judee Mf0ra ia an order issued . little 0Ver . week ago, dissolved the temporary injunction granted ip Jef- fersOn county circuit court, restraining the state highway commission from opening bids and awarding the con tract for the road from Eutaw to Gainesville. involving seven mile de- tour of the truck highway from Biry mingham to New Orleans, the detouA being via Gainesville, home town of Chairman John Rogers of the highway commission.
 Following the order dissolying the injunction, the highway commission awarded contracts fof construction of the Gainesville detour, last Tuesday.
 Horace Wilkinson, counsel for the Greene and Sumter county citizens who are seking to enjoin the detour at the hearing, requested Judge McCord to reinstate the injunction pending ap- peal to the supreme court. HA stated that if the contractors move their forces to the project and start work, they might have a claim against the state if the supreme court should finally de- eide that the highway commission had no right to route the road via Gaines vile.
 Says Writ Ineffective @
 R. B. Evins, counsel for the highway commission, expressed the belief that the reinstatement of the injunction would not affect anything, as the ac- tion which had been enjoined, that of opening bids and awarding contracts, is already an accomplished fact. Mir. EFins stated that in his opinion rein statement of the injunction would be proper if it would stop the work, but he believed that it would not have that effect
 Chairman Rogers, personally ad- dressed the court on the matter and stated that delay would seriously af- feet the contractors, Is would nucfua- tions in prices which might take place pending final decision of the case.
 A decision to advertise for bids for the road from Eutaw to Gainesville was reached by the state highway com mission several months ago by two to one vote. Chairman John A. Rogers, whose home town of Gainesville will be placed on "a trunk line interstate
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