Legal Opinion

Langdon v. State

Nebraska Supreme Court

Decided January 15, 1888PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Error to the district court for Sarpy county. Tried below before Wakeley, J. Graham v. Hartnett, 10 Neb., 517. Washburn Easements, 107. Hart v. Red Cedar, 24 N. W. R., 410. State v. Wertzel, 22 Id., 150. Moore v. Roberts, 25 Id., 564.

1Opinion of the CourtMaxwell, J.

In June, 1883, the plaintiff in error was the owner of the south-west quarter of the south-east quarter of section 22, township 14, range 10 east, in Sarpy county. During that month he fenced up and obstructed an alleged public road, crossing said land. For doing this he was arrested, tried before a justice of the peace, and found guilty, and sentenced to pay a fine and the costs of prosecution. From this judgment he appealed to the district court, where two trials were had, resulting in each case in a verdict of guilty. After the second trial, a motion for a new trial made by him having been…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Rathman v. NorenbergNebraska Supreme Court · 1887
  2. Graham v. FlynnNebraska Supreme Court · 1887

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. City of Beatrice v. BlackNebraska Supreme Court · 1889
  2. Landers v. Town of WhitefieldIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
  3. District of Columbia v. JonesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1912

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