Legal Opinion

Attorney General ex rel. McKay v. Detroit & Erin Plank Road Co.

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided January 15, 1851PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court, Whipple, C. J.

A motion for an injunction was made in the Circuit Court of Wayne county, founded on the following facts: A common or public highway, called tbe Fort Gratiot Road, commencing at the city of Detroit, and extending through the townships of Hamtramck and Grosse Point, is alleged to have been obstructed by a corporation called the Detroit and Erin Plank Road Company, by the construction of a plank road and the erection of toll houses and toll gates over and across the said road. The hill also states that the Fort Gratiot Road has been established, worked and used for…

2Cited by17 opinions

  1. People v. ShotwellCalifornia Supreme Court · 1865
  2. Smith v. City CommissionMichigan Supreme Court · 1937
  3. Cory v. CarterIndiana Supreme Court · 1874
  4. Young v. Regents of University of KansasSupreme Court of Kansas · 1912
  5. In re PringleHawaii Supreme Court · 1915

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