State v. Pitman
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Lee District Court. Ti-ie defendants were indicted for obstructing a highway known as the road leading from the West Point and Fort Madison road to the Franklin and Fort Madison road. They were found guilty and fined in the sum of one dollar each, and ordered to abate the nuisance. Defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtDay, J.
— -I. In proof of the establishment of the road the State introduced a record entry from the record of roads and highways of the county court of Lee county, of date June 6, 1859, as follows:
*253i. highway;, of county. tion.' “ On this day a petition was presented to the county court, asking for the-appointment of a commissioner to examine into the expediency of establishing a road commencing at the center of section 2, township 68 north, range 3, west; thence running west along the present township road till it intersects the road leading from Port Madison to Franklin, and due application of this…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- McCollister v. ShueySupreme Court of Iowa · 1868
3Cited by4 opinions
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