The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1908-05-08
Supreme Court Decisions.

"public highway aud "public road
is clearly pointed out by the Ceorgi.
Court of Appeals in Johnson q. State
The court observes that the worC
"road' means the land used or appro
pr.ted for travel, while The worC
"way" means the right Of passage
ln other words "road" refers 10 IN,
land, while SWAY" denotes the ease
meui
ln llinmau w. Clarke, The Appcllai,
Division of The New York -upreln,
Court holds that. i'm the absence of d
general legislative restriction hy ordi.
nance on otherwise, au owner of the
building ia a city has a common-law
right 10 the reasonable use Of the city
streets for the purpose Of moving such
building from one location TO another.
such right is, however, subject 10 le-
gislatiNe restriction.
In Macon Grocery Go. ". Beach.
Judge Speer of The United States Dis
let Court Of Georgia had occasion To
comment upon am alleged preference
made 10y "a bankrupt. His liabilities
were over ,l3.OOO. The account paid
consisted of lemonade, soda water,
Coca Cola, bar of soap, and dressed
doll says the court. "Ihc soda wa
Ter and lemonade To the value of 80
cents, with which Beach allays the
ihir,t proper To his CLINE, were mex
pensiNe refreshments. as Innocuous a.,
the soup which cheers. but not inc
hrate,.' More debaiable is the effect
of Coca Cola. But Dbl, purchase of
this mysterious elixir amounted TO
only D. cents The bar of soap worth
D cents, is without the pale of judicial
discussion. 10 is true there was a
dressed doll, the price OF which was
more eXtmvagant. This was ,2l5.
Beach te-tiIies that il was for a pre-
sent The evidence fails to disclose
upon whom this marvel of art and
fashionable millinery was bestowed.
IL, however, appears that Beach j, "a
bachelor 'old bachelor, we may pre-
sumo and perhaps the dressed doll
made happy the heart of some Tiny
maiden, whose lovely face and grace
ful lQcu tr"nolt back To the veteran
and naples, heart of the alleged 'i....'E-
rupt the memory Of features which
'lo.c used TO wear, in the words of
Os,ian, sweet and sad 10 the soul
like The memory OF JOYS that are
gone
i'm Brunswick Construction Go. st..
Burden, defendant sold his dwelling
house TO plaintiff on condition that he
Nigh, "romove fixture, attached 20
said premises" lie sub,eq iently ear
ried away mantels and hinges. made
90 mstch the furniture, and parquet
flooring laid over permanent floor
I'm am action brought for damages To-
the freehold, tine New York supreme
Court held that they were not dis
uncti,ely realty, and refused to grant
amy relief
Plaintiff inquired % the agent boo
Philadelphia the time of departure OF
the nest train through go Lower
Being old. hepurcha,ed
a ticket. showed it to the eqteman. re-
lucsting to bc directed O. lhe train for
Lower Jamc-burg, 50 hich Doe took. Be-
lore reaching Trenton he wa, told hy
he conductor that as the train did not
stop at that station he would have 10
get of at Trenton. Refusing t0 allght
here, he wa, forcibly elected, Plain
in commended that tle purchase Of the |
ticket and representation, of lbe agent /
Constituted contract ob.iging the |
10 stop at his destination. |
fhe New Jersey supreme Court iu /
Runyon n. Pennsylvania R.RCo.,h held |
his wa, not "a contract obligIng tine /
company 90 stop, and Chat Plaintiffs /
iuiy, when info med lhe train did moi /
stop, was TO get OH or 10 tender the
are that would enable him To ride a.
stopping point beyond.
The following estimate OF dogs j,
AIKEN from the opinion of Judge Hart
# the California Court Of Appeal, in
he ca-eof ENparte Ackcrmln. "E4en
hose dogs having The good fortune
% have received the fullest measure of
iViliziug care. nursing, petling, and
General disciplinary domcsiicatiou.
rom puphood 10 the danger point of
maturity, hayen not had the instincts Of
avagery inherited from their disiin-
uished ancestral relative and impla-
able enemy of the human race, the
wolf, 80 Modified As 10 render them (
together disposed 10 maintain uni
Drmly peaceful relations with the hu-
nam family