Ferris v. Ward
Illinois Supreme Court
This action was originally brought before a justice of the peace of Knox county, to recover the penalty provided by the Road Law of 1841 for an obstruction. The defendant; recovered a judgment for costs before the justice, against the County Commissioners of Knox county, from which an appeal was taken by them to the Circuit Court.
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This action was originally brought before a justice of the peace of Knox county, to recover the penalty provided by the Road Law of 1841 for an obstruction. The defendant; recovered a judgment for costs before the justice, against the County Commissioners of Knox county, from which an appeal was taken by them to the Circuit Court. Aj the November term 1845, the cause was heard before the Hon. Norman H. Purple and a jury, when a verdict and judgment were rendered against the defendant, Ferris, for $90.
1Opinion of the Court
The Opinion of the Court was delivered by
Koerner, J.
This action was brought by the appellees as County Commissioners of Knox county, on the 13th day of August A. D. 1844, agaist Ferris, the appellant, before a justice of the peace of the said county, by the issuing of a summons to summon the defendant, Ferris, to answer the County Commissioners on the complaint of John L. Clay, supervisor of Road District No. 34, for obstructing a certain public road in said district, by fencing up the same, and permitting the same to remain for a long length of time, to wit: for the space of 200 days, after…
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