Shiloh Turnpike Co. v. Bates

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parker, J.

The order and proceedings brought up by this writ rest upon section 1 of the “Act relating to turnpike companies.” Pamph. L. 1882, p. 29; Gen. Stat., p. 3695, as amended by Pamph. L. 1892, p. 194; Gen. Stat., p. 3696, pi. 42. For a better understanding of the case, it is advisable to insert the section at length. It is as follows:

“That if any turnpike company shall not keep its road and bridges in repair, it shall be the duty of any judge of the court of common pleas of the county in which said road or the part thereof complained of, or…