Toledo, Wabash & Western Railway Co. v. People

This suit was brought to recover from the railway company certain penalties, for alleged violation of section 52 of Revised Statutes of 1874. (Rev. Stat. 1874, p. 810.)

Section 52 prohibits all railroad corporations from obstructing any public road or highway, by stopping trains or leaving cars standing on any crossing except for the purpose of receiving passengers, etc.

The 53d section provides as follows:

“ Every engineer or conductor violating the provisions of the preceding section shall, for each offense, forfeit the sum oí not less than $10 nor more than $100, to be recovered in an action…