Highway Commissioners v. Stockman
Michigan Supreme Court
On case made after judgment from St. Clair Circuit, where judgment was rendered for plaintiffs. A statement of the case, so far as is necessary to an understanding of the points decided, will be found in the-opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Campbell J.:
The plaintiff brought an action for the injuring- of a highway, by the destruction of a draw in a bridge over Black River, which is a public river. The bridge was built by the United States Government, while Michigan was a territory, and formed part of a Government road, which is now under the control of the local authorities as a common way. The suit was brought under section 1114, p. 814, Compiled Laws, upon the ground that the overseers of the road districts refused to prosecute. The dividing- line between two road districts passed through the middle of the draw which was…
2Cited by1 opinion
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