Rockwith ex rel. Kerns v. State Road Bridge Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Saginaw; Gage (William G.), J. Quo warranto proceedings by Frank A. Bockwith, prosecuting attorney, on the relation of Joseph W. Kerns and others, against the State Boad Bridge Company and others to test the right of said company to maintain, its franchise and privilege of collecting tolls on its bridge over the Tittabawassee river. From a decree for complainant, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
This js a proceeding brought to have the defendants enjoined from unlawfully collecting toll from people having occasion to pass over a bridge across the *456Tittabawassee river. The court below granted a writ of injunction. The proceeding is brought here by appeal.
It is the claim of the relator that on the 17th day of December, 1875, a corporation known as the State Road Bridge Company was organized for a period of 80 years and for the purpose of constructing and maintaining a bridge over the Tittabawassee river, and that the life of said corporation closed December 17, 1905. It is the further…
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