Kyle v. Town of Logan

This was a prosecution, originally brought before a justice of the peace, to recover a penalty for obstructing a public road, and taken by the defendant to the circuit court by appeal, in which court a judgment was also rendered against the defendant, to reverse which he appeals to this court.

The only question of any importance in the case is, was the land on which the fence was erected by the defendant a public road or a part of a public road.

The land in question is the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 17, in township 8 north, in range 6 east of the fourth principal…