Hamilton v. State

Wiley, J. —

In 1889 the legislature enacted the following law: l<It shall be unlawful for any person to haul over any turnpikes or gravel roads at any time when the same is [are] thawing through, or is [are], by reason of wet weather, in condition to be cut up and injured by heavy hauling, a load on a narrow tired wagon- of more than twenty hundred pounds, or on a broad tired wagon or [of] more than twenty-five hundred pounds, and any person violating the provisions of this act shall be fined not less than five dollars, nor more than fifty dollars, for each load so hauled.” Section 2047 Burns…