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Excerpt from Thompson's Treatise on the Law of Highways: Including Ways, Bridges, Tunnels, Strays, Railroads in Streets, Elevated Roads, Turnpikes, and Plank Roads, Etc;; With an Appendix of Forms Bacon v. City Of 3 Cush. 174 Bailey v. Frost 4 Week. Dig. 269 Bakeman v. Talbot 31 N. Y. 366 Baker v. Johnson 2 Hill, 342. 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.

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Excerpt from Supplement to Thompson's Treatise on the Law of Highways Where the owner allows the public to use his land as a highway for years, he is liable if a passer by, using ordinary care, sustains an injury by falling into an excavation made by him adjacent to the traveled portion. It was held that an alley need not be accepted by the public to be deemed a thoroughfare. (beck v. Carter, 68 N. Y. R. The street of a city or village may be used in any way which shall best promote the interest and business thereof. Where the trustees of a village authorized the erection of a soldier's monument in one of the public streets, it was held that they could do so without the consent of the owner in fee. (tompkins v. Hodgson, 2 Hun, 146 Chapman v. A. D% S. R. R. 10 Barb. 360 Plant v. Long Island R. R. 10 id. 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.