Commonwealth v. President, Directors & Co. of Swift Run Gap Turnpike Co.

• Citation: 4 Va. 362
• Parties: The Commonwealth v. The President, Directors & Company of the Swift Run Gap Turnpike Company
• Decision Date: 01 January 1823
• Court: Virginia Supreme Court

4 Va. 362

The Commonwealth v. The President, Directors & Company of the Swift Run Gap Turnpike Company

Supreme Court of Virginia

January 1, 1823

This was another adjourned Case from the same Court. The Information charged them, in their corporate character, with a nuisance in obstructing a common public highway and road, by digging it up, and placing therein large quantities of stone and dirt, whereby the citizens of the Commonwealth were hindered from passing and travelling on the same, to their great damage and common nuisance, & c. This was a proceeding at Common Law, and the same question was adjourned, as in the last case.

OPINION

By the Court.

This Court is unanimously of opinion, that a Corporation, such as the President, Directors and Company of the Swift Run Gap Turnpike Company, cannot be impleaded by its artificial name for the criminal offence stated in the Information.