Ledbetter v. Turnpike Co.

The bill in this cause was brought by complainant, Ledbetter, in his official capacity as commissioner of road district No. 12 of Montgomery county, to enjoin *94the defendant from collecting tolls from the public using a bridge built by it on its turnpike across Bed river, in his dictrict; the ground of relief sought being that the charter of defendant corporation has expired by limitation, and its franchises ceased to exist, and the turnpike become a public highway, free of toll, and subject to the jurisdiction of the county court, and to be controlled by the highway officers of the county and…