Bridge Street & Allendale Gravel-Road Co. v. Hogadone
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Kent; "Wolcott, J. Bill by the Bridge Street & Allendale Gravel-Road Company to enjoin Frank D. Hogadone, highway commissioner of Walker township, from interfering with complainant’s corporate franchises. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainant appeals.
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Appeal from Kent; "Wolcott, J. Bill by the Bridge Street & Allendale Gravel-Road Company to enjoin Frank D. Hogadone, highway commissioner of Walker township, from interfering with complainant’s corporate franchises. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainant appeals. The complainant was organized July 12, 1887, under the plank-road law, for the construction of a toll road, extending from Grand Rapids, a distance of nine miles, through Walker and Tallmadge townships, to Grand River. The life of the corporation was fixed at 50 years. It obtained the requisite consent of the township…
1Opinion of the CourtGrant, C. J.
{after stating the facts). Counsel for the defendant states his contention thus:(1) That the complainant herein lost the right to collect toll because of the proceedings on the part of the highway commissioner for forfeiting that right.(2) That the company ceased to be a body corporate and therefore lost the right to take toll by failing to build the road as required by law_ within ten years from the time the company was organized.(3) That the company lost the right to take toll by reason of their failure to make the reports required by statute to the auditor general’s office.(4) That the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Brown v. BuckMichigan Supreme Court · 1889
- Underwood v. McDuffeeMichigan Supreme Court · 1867
- State v. GuilbertOhio Supreme Court · 1897
- City of Detroit v. Detroit & Howell Plank Road Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1880
- Hartford Fire Insurance v. RaymondMichigan Supreme Court · 1888
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