The plaintiff is appealing his conviction of obstructing a public road. He was charged with this as a result of leaving a wagon across the Pulaski and Brick Church Turnpike.

The defendant is charged with unlawful fencing up and obstructing a certain city street

For building a fence across a public road six miles outside Knoxville & running east from a trestle of the Knoxville & Ohio Railroad on the Knoxville-Jacksboro Road.

Case concerns a road running from the town of Gadsden in Crockett County to the town of Humboldt in Gibson County.

Ezekiel Cleveland was charged with obstructing a public road. He built his personal fence across the road in question.

Holland Osburn [Osborn/Osborne] is charged with obstructing a public road. See also State v. Holland Osborn, et al., Knox County, 1867 [ET 1222] & State v. Holland Osborne, Knox County, 1868 [ET 1189].

Although conserved, these documents are heavily damaged. Large portions of some pages are missing, causing difficulty in reading. Case pertains to disagreements concerning a new road in Greene County. Andrew Susong Jr. is the son of Andrew Susong, an Alsatian (French) man who sailed to the colonies with The Marquis de Lafayette to fight in the Revolutionary War.

Final Decision/Order only.

Contesting the placement of a new road and requesting a jury review it.

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).

Although conserved, these documents are heavily damaged. Large portions of some pages are missing, causing difficulty in reading. Case outlines disputes concerning a new road to be built in Greene County.

Douglas and a long list of petitioners wished for a good new road to be installed between Gallatin and Nashville. The road would pass through Rawling's land. Rawlings insisted that a jury to view the path of the road in order to make a proper decision on its path.

"The indictment charge the defendant with obstructing a public road laid out and established by the county court."

Plaintiffs asked court to grant a jury of view to cut out a 2nd class road leading from the Kentucky road, near Wesley Chittums, & intersecting the Kentucky road at Cumberland Gap, and to appoint overseers & hands on the road. Add. Pla.: Martin B. Johnson, James Monday, David C. Cottrell, William H. Gunnings, James Shoemaker, William Lewis, Alfred Corbin, Lewis Harmon, Elisha Esstes, John Hunter, John Bogan.

Campbell is accused of building a fence over a public road. Campbell claims that he previously owned the land that the fence was built on but no longer does.

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

First 91 pages missing. Additional parties unknown. Defendants owned land which had a road running through it and they closed it in order to plant crops claiming that it was a private road not a public road as the plaintiffs claimed.

Plaintiff and defendant were neighboring business owners in the City of Clarksville, Tennessee. Plaintiff was the owner of a mercantile jewelry, silverware, watch, and clock business, and the plaintiff was the owner of a mercantile hardware, agriculture, stove, and tin ware business. Plaintiff brought suit complaining that the defendant loaded and unloaded merchandise in front on plaintiff's building, thus obstructing traffic and causing him to lose customers.

Opinion only.

Additional plaintiffs: F. M. Harris, William Clements, A. T. Mitchell, George E. Henry, Charles P. Henry, Marion Radford, J. W. Peebles and Homer Sides. Plaintiffs are sued for defendant for obstructing a public road that that runs through his property located on the banks of the Mississippi River. This road is used by the plaintiffs to transport goods to market. Oversize map of property in question is included. Map located at M-17-18.

Opinion only.