Baxter v. Winooski Turnpike Co.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Trespass on the Case. The plaintiff alleged, in the first and second counts in his declaration, in substance, that the defendants were a corporation, duly authorized to construct and maintain a turnpike road between Burlington and Montpelier, and to receive toll from persons travelling thereon, and bound to keep the same in sufficient repair, and liable to any person travelling thereon, from whom toll was demandable, for all damages sustained by them in consequence of any…
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Trespass on the Case. The plaintiff alleged, in the first and second counts in his declaration, in substance, that the defendants were a corporation, duly authorized to construct and maintain a turnpike road between Burlington and Montpelier, and to receive toll from persons travelling thereon, and bound to keep the same in sufficient repair, and liable to any person travelling thereon, from whom toll was demandable, for all damages sustained by them in consequence of any want of repairs of said road, and that they had constructed their road, and erected turnpike gates thereon, at which they…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Bennett, J.
It is to be taken, in this case, that the business of the plaintiff called upon him to use the road in the manner set forth in the two first counts in his declaration ; and the first question is, was the county court right, as matter of law, in holding that the plaintiff could not recover for any general damages, which he might have sustained, whether they resulted from his not attempting to travel the road, at particular times, on account of its general insufficiency, or from his not being able to travel it as expeditiously and carry as…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Barney v. BlissSupreme Court of Vermont · 1825
- Richardson v. Royalton & Woodstock Turnpike Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1834
- Gleason v. PeckSupreme Court of Vermont · 1840
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