Middlesex Turnpike Co. v. Wentworth
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action of assumpsit, brought by the Middle-sex Turnpike Company against William A. Wentworth, before a justice of the peace, to recover certain tolls for travelling on the plaintiffs’ road between Middletown and Saybrook. The defendant pleaded the general issue.
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This was an action of assumpsit, brought by the Middle-sex Turnpike Company against William A. Wentworth, before a justice of the peace, to recover certain tolls for travelling on the plaintiffs’ road between Middletown and Saybrook. The defendant pleaded the general issue. In May 1802, the plaintiffs were created a corporation, by the legislature of this state, and authorized to construct a turnpike road from Hartford to Saybrook, through the towns of Wethersfield, Middletown and Haddam, to erect gates and receive of travellers thereon certain tolls at each gate. Among the tolls specified in…
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, J.
The carriage in question is either a pleasure carriage, or a stage, or both. A pleasure carriage is one for the more easy, convenient and comfortable transportation of persons. A stage is any carriage, that travels by set stages. They are both usually and chiefly employed in the transportation of mails, passengers and baggage. Such is the popular meaning of their, names. Their form, use and name designate their character. In Moss v. Moore, 18 Johns. Rep. 128. the supreme court of New- York decided, that a one-horse wagon, made writh spring seats and pannelled sides, in which two persons were…
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