Wragg v. Penn Township

This action was originally brought before a justice of the peace, by the Town of Penn, in Stark county, against Samuel Wragg and Edwin Holmes, to recover a penalty for the obstruction of a public highway, and was taken by appeal to the circuit court of that county.

i Judgment was rendered by the court against the defendants, to reverse which an appeal was taken to this court.

The penalty is sought to be recovered under section 58, chapter 121, Revised Statutes of 1874, which is as follows:

“ If any person shall injure or obstruct a public road by felling a tree or trees in, upon or across the…