Parsons v. . Wright

Does tbe clerk of tbe Superior Court bave jurisdiction of a proceeding to lay off and establish a cartway within a municipality? If this question is resolved in favor of tbe defendants tbe other questions presented on this appeal become immaterial.

“The term highway is tbe generic name for all binds of public ways,' whether they be carriage-ways, bridle-ways, foot-ways, bridges, turnpike roads, railroads, canals, ferries, or navigable rivers.” Bouvier’s Diet., Tit. Highway; Elliott, Eoads and Streets, p. 1; 25 Am, Jur., 340.

Tbe term “street” is ordinarily applied to a public way in a city,…