Williams v. Town of Hardin

This was a proceeding originally before a justice of the peace, to recover a penalty under Sec. 71, Chap. 121, E. S., for leaving hedge cuttings on a public road more than ten days. The case was removed by appeal to the Circuit Court, where a verdict was returned for the plaintiffs and the penalty was asséssed at three dollars. The Circuit Court denied a motion for new trial and rendered judgment on the verdict—from which an appeal is prosecuted to this court. It is urged that by the terms of a complaint filed before the justice of the peace recovery was sought upon the ground that the road…