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1 Del. 145

Huey v. Hendrixen

Superior Court of Delaware

Decided July 1, 1833

Superior Court of Delaware · decided 1833-07-01

Trespass .quare clausum fregit. Plea, Not guilty; justification and a license. Three of the defts. were the road commissioners of Brandywine hundred, and the others their agents. On an application to the Court of General Sessions, an order had been regularly made to lay out a road through the plff’s. premises, according to a certain return of freeholders.

Decided 1833-07-01

The Court.

¶1—This is a case of trespass for damages in cutting a road through plff’s. land. The defence is a justification by an order of court authorizing the road to be laid out. The defts. must show that the road is laid out according to the order, to make out their justification. As a mere execution of a warrant to lay down pretensions this plot is not evidence. But the witness may be asked if he has run the land; if the road as opened corresponds with the order; in what respects it varies; and he may use this plot to refresh his memory.

¶2Verdict for the plaintiff $525 00»

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