State v. Del Rio Turnpike Co.
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM WILLIAMSON. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Williamson County. — Douglas Wikle, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams
The turnpike company was indicted for a violation of the provisions of the Code which relate to the opening of its tollgates by the county superintendents of turnpike roads and to a prohibition of the owner’s thereafter demanding or receiving toll. The company de-*602mili-red to the indictment, raising the question that the act of the legislature is unconstitutional, in that it is an infringement of the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment of the federal constitution, and of article 1, section 8, of the constitution of this state, which provides that no man shall be deprived of his…
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- Malone v. WilliamsTennessee Supreme Court · 1907
- City of Detroit v. Detroit & Howell Plank Road Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1880
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