Moyer v. Berks & Dauphin Turnpike Road

Citations

• 56 Pa. Super. 598
• 1914 Pa. Super. LEXIS 126

Syllabus

<p>Turnpike roads — Inquisition as to repair — Disinterested freeholders— Qualification of freeholders.</p> <p>Where, in a proceeding under the Act of March 2, 1805, 4 Sm. Laws, 216, to determine whether a turnpike road is out of repair and to stop collection of tolls thereon, it appears that the constable had duly-returned under oath, that he had summoned three disinterested freeholders, and the company merely enters a general objection to the t freeholders without stating any cause for challenge or offering to produce evidence to support it, and the justice overrules the objection, the company will not, at the second meeting, after the inquisition has been organized, be permitted to examine the freeholders as to their interest and competency.</p>