Legal Opinion
White's Creek Turnpike Co. v. Davidson County
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided October 15, 1877PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
The bill in this case was filed August 18, 1877, to enjoin-the county of Davidson,., and Price as its employee, fro in-opening a road under an order of the County Court, upon the ground that it was being opened as a shun-pike, and to-enable persons to avoid the payment of tolls at the first gate-on the complainant’s road. A temporary injunction was-granted when the bill was filed. The defendants have-answered, and now move to dissolve the injunction.
Under a charter granted by the Legislature in 1830,, amended, renewed, and extended from time to time, the-White’s Creek Turnpike Company was…
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- President, Directors, & Co. of Newburgh & Cochecton Turnpike Road v. MillerNew York Court of Chancery · 1821
- MacKall v. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal CompanySupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Pingry v. WashburnSupreme Court of Vermont · 1826
- Ogden v. GibbonsNew York Court of Chancery · 1819
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- Fulghum v. CottonTennessee Supreme Court · 1880