Legal Opinion

State v. Teeters

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided April 8, 1896PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Appeal from Johnson District Court. — Hon. M. J. Wade, Judge. Indictment for obstructing a public highway. Verdict of guilty, and a judgment, from which the defendant appealed.

1Opinion of the CourtG-rang-er, J.

1 *4602 *459I. The highway charged to have been obstructed, was established either by prescription or by dedication. There is no pretense that it was established by the statutory method of proceedure. The court permitted the jury to find the fact of the existence of the highway, either by prescription or by dedication, and the appellant claims that it was error for the court to submit both methods, and says, the fact of the existence of the highway “should appear so clearly by one or the other of the methods, that it excludes the propriety of submitting both.” It is urged that, on the trial, the state…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Onstott v. MurraySupreme Court of Iowa · 1867
  2. State v. K. C., St. J. & C. B. R. Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1876
  3. State v. MitchellSupreme Court of Iowa · 1882
  4. State v. SnyderSupreme Court of Iowa · 1868
  5. State v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1870

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. State v. SavreSupreme Court of Iowa · 1905
  2. State v. StumbaughSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1911
  3. State v. MeyerNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1985
  4. State v. RichardsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1917
  5. State v. ClarkSupreme Court of Iowa · 1897

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