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Rouleau v. Pouliot

(1905) 36 SCR 26 Court SCC Decision date 1905-03-20 English

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MOTION to quash an appeal from the judgment of the Court of King's Bench, appeal side, affirming the judgment of the Superior Court, District of Quebec, which dismissed the plaintiff's action with costs. The plaintiff alleged that he was owner of a tollbridge over the River Etchemin, to which there was a privilege attached, under the Act, 58 Geo. III. ch. 20, (L.C.), forbidding the erection of any other bridge across that river within certain limits; that the defendants had infringed his rights and caused him damages by erecting a bridge across the river within the privileged limits, and he claimed $1,000 for damages, demolition of the newly constructed bridge, and other appropriate relief. The judgments of the courts below held that the new bridge had not been erected within the reserved limits and dismissed the action.