Show 1 T flat ahl JM hi TROUBLE OVER TOLL r A settle BUSTS THE TOLL fiall AND 1 DEFIES THE TOLL KEEPER A problem for justice brown to solve and a difficult one too on saturday afternoon of the people vs geo jagers came up before judge brown on a charge of malicious mischief mr wm ferguson was the first witness unsaid I 1 live m provo canyon utah by the toll gate on the ad of november there was a young man by the name of who left his wagon standing in the toll gate he was coming down the canyon sir capers japers came driving up the canyon I 1 told he would have to drive aside and allow air hagera to pass mr jagers then went to drive up and I 1 told him to stop and his toll he said he would not pay any toll I 1 closed the gale and he shook alie bep I 1 told him to leave it alone as it wi mine individually he then took a rock and broke the lock my business is tending the toll gate in provo canyon the lock belonged to the company and the gate belong to the company to mr I 1 have lived at the toll gate since march prior to that I 1 lived in provo I 1 own land near the gate it was about six rods from alie gate I 1 have a homestead eltiy I 1 built a fence there teams could not pass up the canyon without tearing down the fence or passing through the pate I 1 did not say anything to mr that if the gate was in hia road to take it out gagern jagern broke the lock and opened the gate he got into his buggy and said to the boy 1 I broke that gate young fellow I 1 was employed by mr geo baum mr george baum was the next witness I 1 am superintendent of the provo canyon road company mr fergasan Fer gusan is toll keeper of the road to sar the company was organized about four years ago last march the company have filed articles of incorporation mr booth then introduced the articles of incorporation of thea company in evidence his honor postponed a do casion until sometime this week the claim of the defense in this case ia that alie canyon boad company have no authority to demand toll inasmuch as the company since its original incorporation had dissolved and that under the territorial statute which reads as fol lows the company could sot again enjo the same privileges whenever any corporation owning a or a turnpike plank or common wagon road is dissolved or discontinued or has expired by limitation the bridge or road becomes a highway the question to be decided by justice brown is an important one and will be looked forward to with much interest by the public generally |