Francis v. Weaver
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Criminal Court of Baltimore City. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. The Baltimore and Harford Turnpike Company was incorporated by the Act of 1816, chapter 48, and by the Act of 1819, chapter 50, the Act of 1812, chapter 78, (the charter of the Washington Turnpike,) was made part of its charter.
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Appeal from the Criminal Court of Baltimore City. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. The Baltimore and Harford Turnpike Company was incorporated by the Act of 1816, chapter 48, and by the Act of 1819, chapter 50, the Act of 1812, chapter 78, (the charter of the Washington Turnpike,) was made part of its charter. The 26th section of the Act of 1812, chapter 78, is in the following language, viz., “That if the said company, after the said road be completed as aforesaid, shall neglect to keep the said road in good and perfect order for the space of fifteen days, and information…
1Opinion of the CourtRoberts, J.
On the 9th of March, 1892, William H. Weaver and twelve others, filed their petition addressed to E. Beatty Graff, Esq., a justice of the peace of the State of Maryland, in and for Baltimore City, alleging that the roadbed of the Baltimore and Harford Turnpike Company for more than fifteen days then last past, had not been in good and perfect order, hut that the same had been *462in wretched order and repair; that the mud on the same had been so deep, as to make it impossible to cross said road, and that it was very laborious for teams and wagons to drive over the same; and that said road-bed was…
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