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life n; tb ra . _, i ,q afi __ I_ ave Io rlihts therein superior navigable privilege ;'ind;ahereo
[Aioo1' t. 0,rai l, adg iti'itedb'sileU.ifhl5useof totlgostwho make ue of the'way ln ablenes of a refusal-treogniethe'?1+P
tabs 156e. tile highway in suoudtre, that loco. fact :en legal rights are found, t a..
the highway da 'erous .11 otberf to motion upon the public, roado has pond upon it,.is very manifest; Te I i,+
lAKS . URAY Eitr. travel.. : .'.i :i ' . . hlthert9 been chiefly by means ol br-paramount rights whieh have been - o:iY'
o _ n which ____eho__ou ht tore-5. The defendant had 'no right to ese and aimilar animnt, but persons of vessel ownersas
WEeNSDAY; U ., *. 18b. r u tiamengine on- the publie usig them have no prescriptive rights . agoiet railroad companies havebeen,,
street or highway If suc h engine was and are entitled only to the some rea- very distinctly denied; the courta ibo.
CONTENTS., calou -t- to frighten horses of 'ordi- sonable. use of the wia which they ding that they must submit to any ino.'
nary gentleness.o p.on . must accord to ol -other., Improved abodntal inconvenience that. may ,
it tIo benefits of improved locomotion by'
o2 were given, but the foregoing are all mieeihle If any shail be discovered, and lan Wrks. nto t U 5ru
!~~~~ )fn. . thorhksg .n wo. Joeurncutti ntutintaay n il b~ewomd seo hmt esreswe onec R.. R_ e5er
2that need he stated to make clear the they cannot h e excluded fro theo- aMcawe,38Sponte v re c.
Ilod . tr nvIe l 01 el . . .ng wa It
I' . Pll b. .. ..... view which wae token by the circuit eoting pubiic roads provided their use elI le n, 37, .3one h crie when 4
Fis-NV. ..g a.W.d...... .. o j or tho main points which was in is consistent wit the present methods' yane ..Y -..dg
Abire1,Spr c~~or of 00CI iin~ols o jg TeraateBig Ce: 6 Ilc5 a 23,,
AI.l~ol5orooo ~orlof ~Iol, ' controversy. . A highway Is a public way for the 242; ]!isis. & Mo. It. R. Co. *v. Ward, Q
SUPREME COURT OF MICHIGAN. It Ie hardly, probable that1whon the use of the public In general, for passage 2 Black 465. It follow.), that a bridge '.,
circuit jadge told the jury that no per- and traffic, without distinction. Starr over a navigable stream is not of fisca.,
[APRIL 1a7.e son has a right t impede or render v. 0. & A. Railroad Co. 4 Zab. 597. sity a nuisance ; it may or may, ot co't
[fe of Public .ighwac.-Rigtll and dangerous the iravel of the highwaylby The restrictions upon Its use are only s According to theu rircuuuuutan.ea;1.:'.1 ,
7 Dutiea of me Publfr-Ue of Vehice any other person, he Intended them to such as are calculated to secure to tie and the veseel owneho brings hi s -,
moved hmse Powehr oneg unlice drsta edthis language literally with. general public the largest practicable suit for so injury occasioned by it muste o e
move by.c Stea Powes onl Publi -nja i i le
nighway. oeu.t qualifation. Almost any proper beneit from tie enjoyment or the ease- show the circu oestces which meke the.'
OINOKII .1..1. O 0NS .1. d MUM V.us of a highway may un tr some cir- ment, and tle Inconvenences must be injury fairly chargeable to some one as
t Ton lamonglNumstanoee Impede the use wry another, submitted to wilen they are only suoh a wrong.es , , r e
The so steaom power for puncoso ofrlooomoollon on alid possibly render It dangerous, Thes as are Incilden~t to a reasonable use un- ,But tbe-briniging of an unsightlyab h-o.;
lbsoomoOm highway. None, oolowfidprld.l
d. lr 14 obOtrth.e d reques r f ao to:- appearance of ,ay unusual object in dea impartial regulatoni When the jeot into the colmeon highway it no,,,
be1. ofou the streets mayigve m ene y to highwa sno reridin Its dedca more of a wrong, because of its tenden. e
Tbfeeoi no a lawfl rpose ,Io the addtothe dangers of. travel by. means t on tosome particular mode of use, It oy to frighten horses ofordiary gente'
ighay n o objsct wbloh Is ..loolold t0 flt of horses or other animals; nd theere is open to all suitable methods; and it nos,. thee is . the,. construction of a
boo.h foro y resuling I noury. Tos ts always more, or les dalger that a cannot be assumed that these will be bridge over a river. a wrong, because of,'
roodondbes loat. rormnyortenlalomaoner.orha.
high spirited horse, or Indeed an oth- the sowro government to protde its tendn trees se -T
,,bo make us. of th,. ighway by mest, o obors or ineday aim rmao oae rta e ytouyvses h n
nore o ruigbt sauprior to othrs, a nd now er borse, may become unmanageable, means of making the way, useful must may e a wrong u dirsome cwounstanJr,
mod. thaminotio Inred erfetl ydo s prono r and people who are using the hghwi e excluded merely becaue theirIntro. ces, and so may the other;- but It,is
vldd and o he .nob e am ngle be eos to risks in. onsque ne . duiol wic may tend to the Inconven- eqaIlily true that both ,rmay he properoi
mod@$. I lIjury faulte. b. rqlestn o a libiy exose tbe in ksen c p. d a e ie . ,,
. n qesto wbeother ,,asonbe cre l a But It does not follow that the drive leyce or t o ee i lnjuiy of tise who and lawful under .othern
Chiefl d eond tis ..qolloa ofver l,.od must of snob a horse Is responsible for the continue to use the road after the same It would be difficult to pass through the'
Ie blulle l o aI y aolori .i hl consequences, because of Ills bringing manner as formerly. Abtighway es- streets of our large towns withoutO n.
COOLEY, J. Titl is an action on the him into the street Impeding or ender. tailsohed for tle general benefit ofpas- countering objects moving along the i
case In which Nichols sought to re- Ilug dangerous tile travel by others, ege and trafo must admit of new which are well calc ulte I
cover for aill injury, occasioned by iei The question Is one of rea onable use methods of use whenever It Is found bolce acstodi o tem un.tl teAV
horse taking frighlt as he was driving and reasonable care, and If these are that the general beefint requires them, bnevthele, c um asore r ted ne e r
therhles law shoul prelud thedabut
alo-g ties public highway near Battle observed, lie lrunot chargeable. Probe- andi ,o, Ifmetioawoul rerhrrsrandbyude laweu se s. , Te.,
SCrek about nilo'. ,ock In tile evening bIly the circuit judge did not Inted to adaption ea ro u ot-seto the new stoed egine , our pod awu purosaest fire
; :'+ n~ar.+v~'i~in~u'' a' U o+o+'ll'+ +.'lihe a~o fr reromt fterthe'wrongIo] r enroa-team ,ebyginerghtsors-rto tke iogt againsartr a rlme 'ey_ '
'+'f otemer 9,1874. Tile rigtwasbe pdel'stood as going beyond tie re- i would defeat, in greater orulees e s eotone aone ofs deees. -e.
ca s l bysu n ngine mounted on of cae can- gohtar reasoable andmtle p rpos e hagdoay m orge this is usually owned -and mov.
wheels, which the defendant was mov- tion on tile part of all person aking are establihed. .e .'-e tha d about by public auth ority, there can
Infg alon~g tile name0 highlway by meas use of tile public ways: alld thi li- It Is not long since the: g Ia t ih be no doubt of the right of at privateJ,-
of tihe steam power by which It was struoton, If it stood alone, would not ways by water were supposed to he of individual to keep and use, one or his'
operated. The engine was used mainly have been likely tomislead. . .such transcendent Importa ci as to .- own purposes, and to take it through ,
fur threshinlg, alnd wee moved fromo But tile instruction that. any one title those who made use of tilem to the streets where necessary..,. liut other ?
place to place for that purpoee. Tile Pliing uIpon tile hlighway a vehlicle superior rights over those making uee thinge which are some times nioved
traveled port of the h~igihway at tile unusual, and calculated from Its ap- of other highlways which might Inter- about en wheels along the streets are i
ple of tie Accident was about thlirty pearance anui mode of locom~otion to sect them. Accordingly, bridiges over equally alarming- to horses when first,01i
feet it) width, and Macumber gave evi- M9ig11te1 horses of ordinary gentleness, navigable waters, when permitted at used. 'Wild animals collected ad mov-
dance lendinlg to show that lie was IsiKabio for ail damages resulting there- all, were required to be so constructed ed about the country for exhlibition are
~.movinlg oil the extreme righlt of tis fromt, is not only erroneous, hut It as to secure to vessels sl o uinterrupted always more or loe likely to freighten
travelled waly, and that he Shlut ott' couild not fail to mislead. It was an passage, aind the travel and traffic by domestic aunmals, but they may never-
s~team and stopped the enginle whenl(ie Instruction, In substance, that the pla- land waore iled 'to awatit the con- theles be lawfully taken on tile publicVo
jhrs1assenapr 1l1lg. Eacil olleg of such a vehicle Intile highway ventience ofth travel and traffic by highways coder proper precautions. ,. :
'party claimed to be free from neegli- Is alWAyst and under all circumstances water; hut thia role was never infiexi. It has justly been remarked by I the
cc hlimself, Held chbarged negligence a4 illegal act; a wrong In itself, for his ; it was a rule that must yield to SpeeCourt of Illinois, in a coe a,
*upon tile othler. Tile followin~g Instruc- veh1 an action will lie on behalf of circums:tances ; aind it was never a mat- volvin the right to mske use of steam
tions amonlg othlers were givenl to tile any o110 who may chanice to he Inljured ter of course that the master of s yes- as a means of locomotion In tho~publio.2'
Jury at tile request of Nicolos:- Ii consequence, eel was entitled to; a remnedy as for a streela, that a street is made. for, the'
1. If you field that Aoout tile Otil Injury alone will never support an legal injury when the colOnc~ine of' passage of persons and' propertydan.,
day of Septemober last, the plalltifi'was action on the calse; there must be A one making use of a bridge was prefer. the law cannot define what exolbhlive
driving a well broken anal gelntislorse, concurrene of injury and wrong. If red to Ilie. The ease woe one in which means of transportation and pssage-,,
In thle public street or hlighlway liell lst aile doses an act thlat is not ullyawfulI rights most be hsirmonifecA, aind on. shail be used. , To say that a now!
tie Creek, li titls county; tilat the do- in Itself he cannlot be held reiponsi- Avoidable 'inconvenieces to onsparty or mode of passage shall be banished frolo.
fondatt by runinflg a steam engines bin for a11y resulting Injury uiless, he the other must he submitted to as some. the streets, no matter how much te
&lon~g said hfghway, caused plainutiff's does ft at a time or In a manner or un* tiling inseparable from any employment general good may require it, simply be-
,horse to rune away, and tha~t plIainltill' der circumstancoes which render Ilim of the powers of government to provide cause the atreets were not* an used in'
ii was thereily Injured either in person or chargeable withl a want of proper re- or regulate the channels of travel and the days of lakstono,. would, hardly'.,1
fortheriglt ofothrs Insuc emiceroe. There may be, in any case comport with the advancement and en- J
16.npV~erty, Sld that suchl steam engline gardl frteigsofths.Isuhin whlich a highway by land intersects a lightenmrelit of the presentlsge.!.
~*~sa wel alclaed o rigte hoec acoe tle egigeceImptale o im highway by water, questions of difficul. ses v. PF. W& C. Ii.R.'Co. 21!:.
wawl aol t llt fien hre s wrng is8 an- nelgec Impuofatletohim
uf 0 ilnary gen1tleness, thnteplain- constitutes the wrnand be Ina-ty as to whether, in view of all tile oir. 111. 516, 523. In someote
l' t eti led to reovr conal toprosijrdIo e cumetances, the one or the other is of cities of the country sufficient means of
2.t'ho right to travel in a publicn cause damage has resulted from his do- the greeter importance, and whether the trans~it by the old methods have become,
161h. 'fiy lea right wichi Is omnlgtl chtbcueisbigdn general public would be better accomo- practically out of the question, and,'v
oall tild 11o person tieas tile right to negligently or without due care has re- daed by compelling those making use of steaml power is permitted as a matter of
a elieqr render danlgerous title travel suited li Injury. If the act was not tile one to submit to temporary mn-n necessity, not only as a means of moy-,
fvll4pJghway by any othler person. . Wrongful In Itself,. the. wrong must venience for the accommnodation of ing vehlicles by the side of teamaiIn, the:
Rt',..o party planinlg upon tile high. necessarily be nugh~t for In tile time or those passing or moving property by streets, but also ever their hesas were,-
Tsy any velicie ullusuel, and calcula- mianner or circumstances under whici the other, or, on the other hand, by the liability to cause fright would per~.
04 edffln Its appeatrance and snode of It was performaed, antl Inljury does 'lot recoga Iizing in the fome suchi paralip hopeb still greeter... Horses 'fordir,.1
IOCOMotiol, to frightain ilol'50 of ordt-. Prove ties wrong, hut on~ly miakes out lmount rights as are not to be narrowed nary gentleness wouldeat firiiiiiohiab@,
',k'nary gelltioneses,le 'liable for all dam-. the case for redress After the wron~g Is or encroached Upon by any rights poll. to take fright, but after a time t ey hr
ages resulting th~trfrom . .' establishled............. sesed by the -latter. Over unimport- cme accustomed to the objects. tbattatft
4. It Is no dsrnoe to tis suit that *.Persons making use of hlorses as thle ant streams a bridgemay do far muore first ars so fearful to theme. just .,efanu
*the elefendallt wvu usin~g Lte eteam en. means of travel or traffic by the highl- to accommodate the public then. the the country they become accustomed! tor](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.statereports/pittlegj0024&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)