Ireland v. . Oswego, Hannibal and Sterling Plank Road Co.
New York Court of Appeals
The action was brought to recover damages for the negligence of the defendant in constructing its road in such a manner that the plaintiff, in driving upon it with his horses and wagon, was thrown out and injured.
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The action was brought to recover damages for the negligence of the defendant in constructing its road in such a manner that the plaintiff, in driving upon it with his horses and wagon, was thrown out and injured. The trial took place before Mr. Justice Pratt and a jury, at the Oswego county circuit, in February, 1852. It appeared that the defendant was a plank road company, incorporated under the general act, and that it had duly acquired the right to use the public highway leading from the city of Oswego to the town of Sterling for the construction of its road, and had located the plank…
1Opinion of the Court
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[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] Plank road companies are authorized, by the statute providing for their incorporation, to use the public highways of the state for the location and construction of their roads, upon obtaining the…
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