Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1909 — DECISION AGAINST HIGHWAY. [ARTICLE]

DECISION AGAINST HIGHWAY.

Jury In White Circuit Court Says Newton Tp., Road Is Not of Public Utility. The Benton Kelly highway case ended in the White circuit court Wednesday after a seven days trial, and the decision of the jury was against the public utility of the proposed highway. This case originated in Newton Tp., Jasper county, and was taken to White county on a change of venue, and there tried, the remonstrators winning out. An appeal was then taken to the appellate court and the case was reversed on error and sent back for a new trial. Quite a bunch of local legal talent was employed in the case and a large number of witnesses testified, so that the costs will reach quite a large sum.