State v. Hager
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Defendant was convicted in justice court of the offense of obstructing a certain highway by building and maintaining a fence therein. From the judgment sentencing him to a fine of five dollars and costs amounting to $50.57, and in default of payment to stand committed to the county jail, he appealed to the district court for Good-hue county upon questions of law alone. The appeal was heard by Hodgson, J., who affirmed the judgment of the justice.
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Defendant was convicted in justice court of the offense of obstructing a certain highway by building and maintaining a fence therein. From the judgment sentencing him to a fine of five dollars and costs amounting to $50.57, and in default of payment to stand committed to the county jail, he appealed to the district court for Good-hue county upon questions of law alone. The appeal was heard by Hodgson, J., who affirmed the judgment of the justice. From the judgment affirming the judgment of the justice court and that the sureties on the appeal bond from the justice court should be liable for…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
In this prosecution, commenced before a justice of the peace, defendant was charged with wrongfully obstructing a public highway. He was convicted before the justice and appealed to the district court, upon questions of law alone, where the judgment was affirmed. From the judgment of affirmance, defendant appealed to this court.
The state claimed on the trial before the justice, and offered evidence to substantiate the claim, that the highway alleged to have been obstructed by defendant had been (1) laid out and established as such by the public authorities and (2) if the proceedings had for…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Peterson v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1887
- Arndt v. ThomasSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1904
- Gilbert v. Village of White BearSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
- Sonnek v. Town of Minnesota LakeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
- State v. CottonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1882
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Martinson v. Town of Eagle CreekSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1915