Aldrich v. Hawkins

Aldrich, supervisor of a certain road district in the county of Warren, sued Hawkins and Parker in debt in the Circuit Court. The declaration alleges, that the defendants unnecessarily obstructed a certain public highway; for which the plaintiff, as supervisor, prosecuted them before a justice of the peace, and caused them to be convicted and fined; and that ever since the conviction to the time of bringing this suit, and for the space of one hundred and twenty days, they had suffered the obstruction to remain to the hinderance of travelers; whereby they had forfeited $1.00 for each day…