Case Name: Moss against Moore
Court: New York Supreme Court of Judicature
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1820-05
Citations: 18 Johns. 128
Docket Number: 
Parties: Moss against Moore.
Judges: 
Reporter: Johnson's Reports
Volume: 18
Pages: 128–129

Head Matter:
Moss against Moore.
A one horse waggon with a spring seat pannelled sides, used only for the carriage of person is a pleasure carriage within meaning of the eleventh section of the act establishing the Seneca TurnpikeRoad. Company, (K. i{R.ed.L.412. ch.'78.) and ¡s' hable t0 pay
IN ERROR, on certiorari, to a Justice’s Court.
Moore brought an action against Moss, for the penalty for exacting excessive toll, imposéd by the act to establish a turnpike road company, &c. called the Senecp Turnpike Road C’ompany, passed April 1st, 1800, (2 K. & R ed. L. 412. 423. sess. 23. ch. 78. s. II.) The eleventh section of the ac*> 'n fixing the rates of toll, says, that “ every waggon wi{h ¿w0 /¿orses,” shall pay twelve and an half cents: every 1 * * * J “ one horse cart,'” six cents: every cnair or pleasure car- . ’. 7 J r riage with one horse,” twelve andan half cents, lhe plam-tiff, with another person, was passing on the road in a one /wrse wagg0n^ made with a spring seat and pannelled sides, and which was not used for farming purposes, or for carrying goods. The act makes no mention of a one horse wag-gon. There was a verdict for the plaintiff below, for the penalty of Jive dollars, on which the justice gave judgment, with costs.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
We are clearly of opinion, that the judgment in this case was wrong. The one horse waggon in which the plaintiff was riding, was a " pleasure carriage,'5 within the meaning of the act. If it was not, it was not liable to pay any toll; for it was not a " one horse cart.5' The judgment must be reversed.
Judgment reversed.