Legal Opinion

Wilson v. Trafalgar & Brown County Gravel Road Co.

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided May 15, 1882No. 9791PublishedCited by 17 opinions

From the Johnson Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the Court

Franklin, C.

Appellant sued appellee for damages for injuries occurring while passing over its road.

A separate demurrer was sustained to each paragraph of the complaint.

The only errors assigned are upon the rulings on the demurrers. .

The first paragraph (omitting the preliminary matters) avers: “That said gravel road is now used by the general public as a public highway, and has been so used for a long time, to wit, two years last past; and that during the whole *327-of said time the said defendant has had full and complete -control of said road, collecting tolls for travel thereon from the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Smith v. City of St. JosephSupreme Court of Missouri · 1870
  2. Thomas v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
  3. City of Huntington v. BreenIndiana Supreme Court · 1881
  4. Riest v. City of GoshenIndiana Supreme Court · 1873
  5. Pennsylvania Co. v. GallentineIndiana Supreme Court · 1881

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Town of Albion v. HetrickIndiana Supreme Court · 1883
  2. Town of Gosport v. EvansIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
  3. City of Indianapolis v. CookIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
  4. Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad v. CristIndiana Supreme Court · 1889
  5. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. PinchinIndiana Supreme Court · 1887

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