I've seen the linked material. I've no care as to who prevails in the legal issue. I simply state an opinion based on the excerpted paragraph below (from the summary "A Chronology of Events-8/14/16"). The County Commissioners overrode the deed restrictions--a precedent that weakened the original concept of a public square centered on the courthouse. Placing 8th & Oak through the square's middle further insured its demise. I see no evidence of public objection re: the 1896 Co. Commissioner's decision.
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"September 10, 1869: ... The County Commissioners override the **restriction placed on Skinner’s warranty deed that says the courthouse must be in the center of the “public square”** and decide to physically lift the courthouse up and move it half a block north ... bordered by Eighth Street ... and Oak Street. This is where the County administration offices are today. The
courthouse will be rebuilt twice more and will never again be in the location designated by Skinner’s warranty deed"