Baldwin v. Green

Green brought his action before a justice of the peace, against Baldwin, for a failure to work on the road, over which the former was overseer. The case went to the Circuit Court, where Green having obtained judgment, Baldwin appealed to this Court.

The only question presented for the decision of this Court, is whether the act incorporating the town of Platte City, divests the County Court of Platte County of their jurisdiction over that part of the road lying within the corporate limits of said town.

The act of incorporation (Local laws, 1844-5, p. 97, sec. 4,) contains an enumeration of the…