Craig v. People ex rel. Nevill

We pass by several minor questions raised on this record, and come at once to the only one important in the case, and that is, can a plank road company abandon its franchise, and obstruct any part of the road, without any default on the part of the public, and without the authority of the legislature ?

This is an interesting question, not elucidated by any decided cases cited on either side, and must be" determined on principle.

The history of this case would appear to be this: On the eleventh of February, 1853, the general assembly of this State passed an act to incorporate the Randolph County…