Welsh v. Plumas County

Citations

• 94 Cal. 368
• 29 P. 720
• 1892 Cal. LEXIS 693

Syllabus

<p>Wagon-road Franchise — Legislative Grant—Acceptance — Construction of Road — Possession of Public Road. — Under a legislative act authorizing the construction, by private parties, of a wagon-road between two counties, to constitute an acceptance of the franchise granted it is necessary that the parties should indicate such acceptance by the building of the road; and the taking possession of a public road already constructed by the'county authorities between the two counties is not an acceptance of the grant.</p> <p>Id. — Construction of Private Act — Public Interests. —A private act of the legislature, where there is doubt in respect to its interpretation, is to be construed most beneficially to the public interests.</p>