Habersham, Turnpike Co. v. Taylor
Supreme Court of Georgia
Corporations. Charters. Parties. Constitutional Law. Roads and Bridges. County Matters. Before Judge Esies. Towns Superior Court.
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Corporations. Charters. Parties. Constitutional Law. Roads and Bridges. County Matters. Before Judge Esies. Towns Superior Court. March Term, 1884. Taylor et al., commissioners of turnpikes of Towns county, commenced an action in that county against the Habersham and Union Turnpike Company, for the purpose of forfeiting its charter and for damages, alleging that a portion of the turnpike was in Towns county and a portion in White ; that one Reeves Westmoreland, representing the company, kept a toll gate on the road; that he had been notified to make certain repairs and remove certain…
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
The act of 1840, incorporating the Habersham and Union Turnpike (§13), authorizes the justices of the inferior court of Habersham and Union counties, or a majority of them in their respective counties, and makes it their duty, if the road is not kept in good and sufficient repair, according to the true intent and meaning of said act, to order and direct the sheriff in their respective couniies, and makes it his duty, to throw and keep open the toll gates until the road shall have been put in repair, to be judged of by the aforesaid justices. The first section of the act provides…
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