Legal Opinion
Turner v. Eslick
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided December 15, 1921PublishedCited by 19 opinions
FROM GILES. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Giles County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals from the Supreme Court. — Hon. W. B. TURNER, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Green
Defendant in error, Eslick, drove his automobile through a gate of the Pulaski & Brick Church Turnpike Company, refusing to pay toll, over the protest and objection of the gatekeeper. Eslick was advised that the turnpike company did not have authority under its charter to levy tolls on the passage of motor-driven vehicles.
Section 1777, Thompson’s-Shannon’s Code, is as follows:
“Any person who passes a turnpike gate without paying-toll, or avoids paying toll by going around any such gate, shall forfeit five dollars, for the use of the turnpike, which may be recovered by the gatekeeper before…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Gibbons v. OgdenSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
- Brown v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1827
- Stuart v. . PalmerNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- Montana Co. v. St. Louis Mining & Milling Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894
- State ex rel. Astor v. Schlitz Brewing Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1900
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3Cited by19 opinions
- R. Douglas Hughes v. New Life Development CorporationTennessee Supreme Court · 2012
- Magevney v. KarschTennessee Supreme Court · 1933
- Woodroof v. City of NashvilleTennessee Supreme Court · 1946
- Hamilton Nat. Bank v. McCanlessTennessee Supreme Court · 1940
- National Life & Accident Ins. v. DempsterTennessee Supreme Court · 1935
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