Harding v. Town of Hale

This action was commenced in a justice’s court, hy the town of Hale against Harding, to recover a penalty under the statute for an alleged encroachment by the defendant upon a public highway. Stat. 1861, p. 264. In that court judgment was given for the defendant, from which the plaintiff took an appeal to the Warren county "circuit court, wherein, the cause was tried before a jury, who returned a verdict against defendant of guilty. A motion for new trial was made, overruled by the court and judgment rendered upon the verdict. ' ■

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