Wood v. Rolfe

Several suits at law had been instituted by the city of Cheney against respondents, and more had been threatened or promised by appellant Rolfe, while city mayor, against them, when, on a certain day, persons acting for the city, as contended by appellants, undertook to haul some sand away from premises which had been decreed to belong to the city. Respondents lived on or near the premises which had been in dispute between them and the city, and on the day in question, Mrs. Wood verbally protested against hauling away the sand. An altercation occurred between her and the men, who were in…