Simpson v. State

Appellant, Dr. W. B. Simpson, was found guilty by a jury on a charge of obstructing a public road and a fine of $1 assessed as punishment. This appeal followed.

The evidence is to the following effect. The road in question passes over an 80-acre tract of land .owned by appellant and had been used by the public for thirty-five or forty years. In 1928 or *29, appellant erected gates obstructing this road, one where the road enters his land and the other on the opposite side where it passed off his property. The gates were opened and closed by those who made use thereof. There was no statutory…