This principle is recognized in very many things in government; for instance, the public demands a common highway which must interfere with the rights and interests of individuals; the individuals are compelled to give way for the public, from whose adjudgment there is no appeal.
Woodhull illustrates the necessity of public interests sometimes overriding individual rights.
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