Council Grove Township v. Bowman

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Benson, J.:

This was a suit by Council Grove township and Four Mile township, in Morris. county, to restrain Martha J. Bowman and S. A. Bowman from obstructing a public highway on the line between these townships. A temporary injunction ’was allowed at the commencement of the suit, but on the trial a demurrer to the evidence was sustained, the temporary injunction dissolved,, and judgment for costs entered against the plaintiffs. The plaintiff townships allege error in these rulings.

The petition alleged the existence of the road, and that the defendants…