Palatka & Indian River Railroad v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Putnam county. The indictment in this case was found November 20, 1885, and charges that the road described as leading from Brown’s Landing, on the St. Johns river, to the city of Palatka, and known as the Brown’s Landing road, was, at the time of the committing of the alleged nuisance, and yet is, a common highway, in Putnam county, in this State, made and laid out for the people of this State to go, return and pass at their free…
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Putnam county. The indictment in this case was found November 20, 1885, and charges that the road described as leading from Brown’s Landing, on the St. Johns river, to the city of Palatka, and known as the Brown’s Landing road, was, at the time of the committing of the alleged nuisance, and yet is, a common highway, in Putnam county, in this State, made and laid out for the people of this State to go, return and pass at their free pleasure and will, on foot, on horseback, and in vehicles, and “ that on the first day of July, A. D. 1885, the Palatka and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Raney
I. This case is brought here by writ of error. There was no motion for a new trial, or in arrest of judgment, made until after the term. The motion so made was properly overruled. Such motions .cannot be made after the term. Sec. 1, p. 453 Mc.’s Digest.
It is unnecessary to say more in regard to the disagreement of counsel over their conversation or alleged verbal understanding as to when the trial in the Circuit Court should take place, than that no agreement between parties or counsel, as to a trial of a cause, is of any effect before the court unless the evidence of it is in writing and…
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- People Ex Rel. Green v. Dutchess & Columbia RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
- People ex rel. City of Bloomington v. Chicago & Alton RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
- Northern Central Railway Co. v. Mayor of BaltimoreCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1877
- Farley v. C., R. I. & P. R. Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1875
- Paducah & Elizabethtown R. R. v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1882
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- Bullock v. Yakima Valley Transportation Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1919
- State Ex Rel. Losey v. WillardSupreme Court of Florida · 1951
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