Dariox erected large, high fence in & across (& obstructing) road alleged to be 2nd or 3rd class public road, used by wagon carts/other vehicles, men on horseback & foot. Testimony re: use of the road, including that there was considerable settlement along Bays Mountain on both sides & they used road. Road also used by those going to Methodist & Quaker Meetinghouses. Daniel Spears said Dariox wanted to shut the road after death of her husband (who built road in first place as way to get to his mill).

Final judgment only. Hall sued state for obstruction to the public road. Court ruled against Hall and fined him $10.

Opinion only.

The State is arguing that Doad Garner unlawfully and willfully obstructed a public road leading from Sinking Cove and Crow Creek Road to Sherwood by locking gates across the road.

The defendant lived on a public road and put up fences and other obstructions near the property to prevent people from passing by either on horseback or on foot. Case brought against him for impeding the public access through the highway and damaging property of the state in the form of the highway.

Defendant unlawfully blocked several public roads and high-ways in the county.

The road obstructed led from Floyds to the McMinnville and Shelbyville Road. The obstruction consisted of logs and timbers laid across the road. Defendant claimed it was a private not a public road. The defendant used the road for hauling out timber and corn from that portion of his land up the hollow, and claimed he was the owner of the land upon which the road was built.

Defendant cut a mill race across the Chattanooga-Cleveland road.