People v. Farmers' High Line Canal & Reservoir Co.

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This action arises over a dispute between the county of Jefferson and the defendant in error, The Farmers’ High Line Canal and Reservoir Company (a corporation), as to who shall construct a new bridge over the defendant’s canal at a certain point in Jefferson county where a public highway crosses over the canal, or, where the canal passes through the highway, as plaintiff’s counsel see fit to state it.

In 1906 the board of county commissioners notified the defendant company to construct a new bridge at the point in question. The company declined; the county constructed the bridge and…