Landers v. Town of Whitefield

Craig, J.:

This was an action commenced originally before a justice of the peace by the town of Whitefield, on the complaint of James Quinn, against Thomas Landers, to recover for the obstruction of a highway. The complaint charges that “defendant obstructed the highway running through the center of the east half of section 2, in town 13, north, in range 9, east of the fourth principal meridian; that such obstruction is a fence along and upon said road, and that the obstruction is a damage to said Quinn and to his land.” On a trial before a jury in the circuit court defendant was found guilty,…