President of the Baltimore & Fredericktown Turnpike Co. v. Routzahn
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Frederick County. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. First Exception.- — Abandoned. Second Exception. — Stated in the opinion of the Court.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Frederick County. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. First Exception.- — Abandoned. Second Exception. — Stated in the opinion of the Court. Third Exception. — The defendant further to maintain the issues on his part joined, asked the witness the question: “Where do you reside?” stating that the object of the question was to show that defendant resides, not within three miles of the toll-gate in evidence mentioned, but within three miles of the place where a gate of defendant, originally stood, and whence it was illegally and improperly removed.…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
In this case suit was brought by the Turnpike Company to recover tolls for the use of its road by the appellee. The particular gate at which the tolls accrued was on that part of the road which lies between Frederick and Middletown. The appellee was a mail carrier between those places, using the road daily, and the arrangement was for the gate-keeper to charge the” tolls and collect them at the end of each month. He failed, however, to pay any tolls from the 1st of March, 1881, to the 15th of February, 1882, when this action was instituted to recover them.
It appears from the testimony in the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Peddicord v. Baltimore, Catonsville & Ellicott's Mills Passenger Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1871
- State v. Norwalk & Danbury Turnpike Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1834
- Douglass v. President of the Boonsborough Turnpike Road Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1864
- Stuart v. RichNew York Supreme Court · 1803
- Hartford v. HosmerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1837
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3Cited by2 opinions
- President of the Baltimore v. CrowtherCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1885
- President, Managers & Co. v. RoutzahnCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1886