Geiger v. President of the Perkiomen & Reading Turnpike Road.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 291, Jan. T., 1895, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Berks Co., Jan. T., 1895, No. 76, on case stated in favor of plaintiff. Case stated to determine the right of a turnpike company to charge tolls on a bicycle. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court entered judgment in favor of plaintiff for five cents. No assignments of error were printed in appellants’ paper-book.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Dean,
These facts, as abbreviated from the case stated, were agreed upon in the court below :
1. The defendant is a turnpike company, incorporated by act of 20th March, 1810. Said act and its supplements were made part of the cases stated.
*5842. Ou March 9, 1894, the company made an order, that all persons riding bicycles upon the turnpike should not pass through any of its gates, except upon payment of toll at rate of one cent per mile.
8. The bicycle was not invented and in common use until the year 1875.
4. The plaintiff, on December 11, 1894, while on his bicycle, attempted…
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