Legal Opinion

Driftwood Valley Turnpike Co. v. Board of Commissioners

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided November 15, 1880No. 7571PublishedCited by 38 opinions

From the Jennings Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the CourtWorden, J.

— Action by the appellant against the appellee. Demurrer to answer for want of sufficient facts carried back and sustained to the complaint. Judgment for defendant. We set out the first paragraph of complaint as follows :

“1st. The plaintiff, the Driftwood Valley Turnpike Company, complains of the defendants, the Board of Commissioners of the county of Bartholomew, and says that plaintiff is a corporation organized under the act of the Legislature of said State, entitled ‘An act authorizing the construction of plank, macadamized and gravel roads,’ approved May 12th, 1852, and acts amendatory…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. State Board of Agriculture v. Citizens Street Railway Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1874
  2. Harney v. Indianapolis, Crawfordsville, & Danville RailroadIndiana Supreme Court · 1869
  3. Smith v. Bowditch Mutual Fire InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1850
  4. Rothrock v. CarrIndiana Supreme Court · 1876
  5. Burnett v. AbbottIndiana Supreme Court · 1875

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3Cited by38 opinions

  1. Platter v. Board of CommissionersIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
  2. Cummins v. City of SeymourIndiana Supreme Court · 1881
  3. City of Logansport v. DykemanIndiana Supreme Court · 1888
  4. Muncie Natural Gas Co. v. City of MuncieIndiana Supreme Court · 1903
  5. Board of Commissioners v. HuffmanIndiana Supreme Court · 1892

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