Excerpt from A Treatise on the Law Relating to Highways: Comprehending Turnpike Roads, Public Bridges, and Public Footpaths; In Which the Provisions of the Several Highway and Turnpike Acts Are Carefully Arranged According to the Subject-Matter IT is believed, that this is the first attempt, which has been made, to bring under one view the whole of the law respecting public ways, and to reduce into one continuous system its various principles. And perhaps a more favorable period for such an effort could not be assigned. Many decisions have lately been pronounced by the Courts upon this subject; and though there are several dicta which it is difficult to reconcile with other authorities or with principle, yet in scarcely a single instance have they received the sanction of the whole Court. It is, therefore, desirable to point out these few incongruities, before they acquire additional weight by being confirmed in future cases; and thus to preserve, as much as may be, the general consistency of this depart ment of the law.-another motive for entering upon this task at the present moment, arises from the expectation, which may very reasonably be entertained, that the Legislature have, for a time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.