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.

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.

The plaintiff in error was accused of obstructing travel by building a fence across a public road. Exhibit materials include a hand-drawn plat map depicting the properties of the plaintiff, George Taylor, and P. and L. Hatmaker. Said lands lie near the Clinch River.

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).

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.

In 1875, the Court awarded in favor of the State by reason of the railroads having built a trestle connecting their roads from the depots of each of them in the city and doing this crossing several public highways. The actual charge was nuisance and obstructing a highway. Exhibits include small hand drawn map.

For removing some rails & changing a switch on the Rogersville & Jefferson Railroad.

Opinion only.

Others mentioned: John M. Hall's, Wiley Bunn, Martha Thomas, Samuel Woodard. Thomas was accused of obstructing a public road with timber, rock, rails and other materials so that people could not pass.

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Sam Stout is charged with building a fence on a public road to intentionally and unlawfully block that road. The said road is located in Weakley County.

Incomplete case file. Judgment 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.

Jackson charged with obstructing a public road by building a fence across the road leading from the Knoxville and Jacksboro Road to Lambs and Odells Mills. Court found Jackson guilty and fined him $1 and costs of suit. Jackson appealed.

Defendant was charged with obstructing the road. The fence at the edge of defendant's property hung one and a half feet over the road and went down the road for four miles.