Turnpike Co. v. Montgomery County
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM MONTGOMERY. Appeal in error from Circuit Court of Montgomery County. A. H. MuneoRD, J.
1Opinion of the CourtMcAlistee, J.
Plaintiff is the proprietor of a toll bridge over Red River, near the corporate limits of Clarksville, and sues the county to recover damages for loss of tolls, which it alleges has been occasioned by the act of defendant in erecting a free bridge over said river in such close proximity to plaintiff’s bridge as to divert therefrom more than three-fourths of its legitimate and accustomed patronage. A demurrer was interposed on behalf of the county, which was sustained by the Circuit Judge, and the suit dismissed. Plaintiff appealed, and has assigned errors.
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