Commissioners of Road Districts v. Swain

The plaintiffs, who were road commissioners of road districts 7 and 8, in Morgan county, instituted this proceeding before a. justice of the peace, to recover from the defendant the statutory penalty for obstructing a public highway. The cause was appealed therefrom to the Circuit Court, and a verdict returned against the defendant for $3, for obstructing the public highway after notice to remove the same, and $196 for suffering the obstruction to remain for a period of 196 days after notice to remove the same. Upon motion for new trial the plaintiffs entered a remittitur of $157 of the…