Hoek v. Township of Allendale

Hoek worked his highway tax under direction of an overseer. He plowed up certain growing grain near the center of the road. He claims to have been sued by Schmidt, the man who sowed the grain, and to have suffered judgment in both justice and circuit courts, and to have paid the latter. He thereupon sued the highway commissioner, one Molyneaux, and the town*573ship, claiming the right to recover from one, or both, the amount paid upon the judgment, and for disbursements, and compensation for his time in preparing for and attending the suit. In support of his action, he proved that the highway in…