Road District No. 1 v. Beebe

This suit was brought by appellee, against appellant, before a justice of the peace in Menard county, to recover a penalty for obstructing a public highway, under paragraph 136 of chapter 121, Hurd’s Revised Statutes of 1905. From the judgment of not guilty an appeal was prosecuted by appellee to the circuit court of that county, where a verdict and judgment was entered against appellant for the sum of $10. That judgment has been affirmed by the Appellate Court for the Third District, and the record is brought to this court by appeal.

The strip of land upon which the alleged obstruction was…