Foeller ex rel. Town of Shiloh Valley v. Griffin

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of St. Clair county, which resulted from a finding of such court of not guilty on the trial of the case, before the court, without a jury.

The action was originally instituted by appellant Arthur Foeller (hereinafter called plaintiff), before a justice of the peace, and was tried in the circuit court on an appeal thereto by the appellee Laclede Griffin (hereinafter called defendant). A complaint was made that such defendant was obstructing a public highway and that the obstruction consisted of a gate placed across the alleged public road.…