Preston v. Town of Koshkonong

By the authority of the district attorney of Jefferson county, a suit was instituted in the name of the *203state against the respondent to recover the penalty prescribed by section 101 of chapter 19, B. S. 1858, for wilfully obstructing a highway. Judgment was recovered against the respondent before a justice of the peace, and, on appeal, in the circuit court, which judgment, on appeal to this court, was reversed (State v. Preston, 34 Wis., 675), and the respondent obtained judgment in this court in form against the state for costs. This bill of costs, together with certain other costs in the…