Case Name: The State ex rel Edward Bushnell, Trustee, v. Board of County Commissioners of Cuyahoga County
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1923
Citations: 1 Ohio Law Abs. 389
Docket Number: No. 17863
Parties: The State ex rel Edward Bushnell, Trustee, v. Board of County Commissioners of Cuyahoga County.
Judges: Marshall, C. J., Wanamaker, Jones, Matthias, Day and Allen, JJ., concur.
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 1
Pages: 389–389

Head Matter:
No. 17863
The State ex rel Edward Bushnell, Trustee, v. Board of County Commissioners of Cuyahoga County.
Error to the Court of Appeals of Cuyahoga County.
BRIDGES — Authority of County Commissioners to build — Connecting state or county roads by — Secs. 2421-7557 GC. — When electors have voted for, may acquire road for under Sec. 5638 GC.
Error to the Court of Appeals of Cuyahoga County

Opinion:
ROBINSON, J.:
Sections 242 and 7535, General Code, do not authorize the Board of County Commissioners to build bridges other' than on established roads. Such board is without power to connect two state or county roads by gridge without first laying out and acquiring a road connecting such state or county roads. Bue where such board has been authorized by a vote of the electors under Section 5368, General Code, to expend in excess of $18,000 in the construction of a bridge on a given site connecting two state or county roads, it may thereafter lay out and acquire a road on such site and then construct th'e bridge within the limitations of the authorization.
Judgment reversed.
Marshall, C. J., Wanamaker, Jones, Matthias, Day and Allen, JJ., concur.