Tinton Falls Turnpike Co. v. Hance

The charter of the Tinton Falls Turnpike Company (Pamph. L. 1866, p. 226) authorizes it to construct two turnpikes in the county of Monmouth, one, called the main turnpike, leading from Colts Neck through Tinton Falls to Shrewsbury; the other, called the branch turnpike, leading from Tinton Falls to Woolcalt’s corner, near Eatontown.

*481The twentieth section of the charter declares that “ if the company should not keep either of the said roads in repair, and complaint thereof shall be made” to any judge of the Court of Common Pleas, he may take measures to compel the opening of the gates. The…