Supreme Court of North Carolina, 1824

State v. Seawell

State v. Seawell
Supreme Court of North Carolina · Decided June 15, 1824 · Burred, Con, Ham, Henderson, Jastice, Tayeor
10 N.C. 193

State v. Seawell

Opinion of the Court

Ham, Judge.

It is admitted, that the road which led over the bridge in question, was not a public road; it had not been established by law. There was no contract between the Defendant and the Public, in consequence of which the bridge was built; and the building of the bridge, could not certainly create a contract, by which the Defendant was under any obligation to the Public to keep it in repair; he put it there by the consent of the owner of the land, there was no obligation on him to do so, and his having done so, creates no obligation on him to keep it up.

Tayeor, Chief-Jastice, and Henderson, Judge, Con-burred.

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