New York Supreme Court January 7, 1850 (Mallory v. Austin)

By the Court, Gridley J.

By the 35th section of the general plank road act (Laws of 1847, p. 226) the Northern Plank Road Company was authorized “ to erect one or more toll gates upon their road, but not within three miles of each other, and to demand and receive toll, not exceeding one and a half cents per mile for any vehicle drawn by two animals,” &c.