Andover & Medford Turnpike Corp. v. Gould
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
This was an action of assumpsit, to recover the amount of certain assessments upon the share in the said turnpike owned by the defendant, who was one of the original associates for making the same.
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This was an action of assumpsit, to recover the amount of certain assessments upon the share in the said turnpike owned by the defendant, who was one of the original associates for making the same. The cause was tried upon the general issue, before Parker, J., at the sitting after the last October term in this county, and a verdict found for the defendant, which was to be set aside, and a new trial granted, if the Court should be of opinion, that upon the evidence, as reported by the judge, the defendant was liable in this action. The report states that there was regular evidence of the…
1Opinion of the CourtParsons, C. J.
The question submitted to us in this case is, whether the direction of the judge to the jury was, or was not, legal.
This corporation was created by the statute of 1805, t. 14, by which six persons named, with such others as might afterwards associate with them, and their successors and assigns, are made a body corporate for the purpose of making the turnpike road. And the statute provides that for this purpose the corporation shall have all the powers and privileges, and be subject to all the duties and penalties, contained in the statute of 1804, c. 125, defining the general powers and…
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