Caldwell v. Town of Pre-emption
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action, to recover a penalty for obstructing a highway. Error to the Circuit Court of Mercer County; the Hon. Hiram Bigelow, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding- Justice Crabtree
delivered the opinion oe the Court.
This was a prosecution commenced before a justice of the peace by defendant in error, against plaintiff in error, to recover the statutory penalty for obstructing a public highway, under Sec. 71, Chap. 181, of the Bevised Statutes (3 Starr & Curtis, 3581).
On a trial before the justice of the peace and a jury, defendant in error recovered a verdict and judgment against plaintiff in error for $75 and costs, from which judgment he took an appeal to the Circuit Court. On a trial de novo in the last named court, the jury returned a…
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