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Easter Term 10 Geo. 3. K.B. 687
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distringatur facere Pontes-not to exempt him, from repair-
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ing those already erected, in case they be public Benefits.
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This is the grand Criterion. If a Man wantonly erects an use-
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less, or a mere ornamental Bridge; neither He, nor the Pub-
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lic are bound to sustain it. And, if it is principally for his
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own Benefit, and only collaterally of Benefit to others, as in
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the Case cited of
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the Bridge
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to the Mill; the Public have
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nothing to do with it.But, where it is of Public Utility, as
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is expressly found in the present Case; the public, which reaps
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the Benefit, ought to sustain the Burden of repairing it. Else,
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it would be a great Discouragement to public spirited Per-
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sons, to erect a beneficial Bridge; provided they must either
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repair it themselves, or it must run to Ruin.
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Judgment for the Crown.
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