"The public took nothing but an easement, and that term excludes the idea of an estate in the land on which the servitude was imposed."
How later courts described this case
- "The public took nothing but an easement, and that term excludes the idea of an estate in the land on which the servitude was imposed."
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
Sawyer, J., concurring specially:
I concur in the judgment on the second ground discussed in the opinion.