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

Incomplete case. Folder only contains hand-drawn map of properties surrounding road in dispute. Case information comes from "Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Tennessee," Volume 99 (1898).

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.

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].

Incomplete case. Mentions Lavinia Jones, B. H. McGhee, and J. R. Jones. Case concerns the sale and ownership of land once inherited, then sold by siblings, many of which were women. The gender of the land owners figures into the legal ownership of the property. The Simpsons had a roadway going over their land, and wished to make it private. Saunders sued for right of way by prescription.

The plaintiff brought suit to prove that he owned the right of way to his lot from that of his neighbors/defendants land. He claims they acknowledged his right for twenty years but then recently built a rail fence and obstructed the road.

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).

A misdemeanor charge of obstruction of public road was challenged by James M. Lewis, Sr. who claimed the road was a private one. The road was built between 1843-1845 by the owner of the land James L. James. The land was next owned by Col. George Stakes who later sold it to James M. Lewis, Sr. The road obstructed by a fence built by James M. Lewis, Sr. ran from the mouth of Dr. Caster's Lane in Dist. 9 to Cumberland City via Steele's farm.

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

The parties own adjacent tracts of land. For some 20 years, the plaintiff would walk through part of Edward Robinson's (dec.) land without problems. The estate of Edward Robinson (dec.) was partitioning off his land and the defendant bought a tract and prevented the plaintiff access through it, creating an obstruction to a main road.

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

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.

Court of Origin: Unknown.

Litterer sued the county when they tried to finalize highway rights of way by use of condemnation procedures on her property.

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

Opinion only.

Additional Defendants: Abe Newhouse & George Vaughan. Defendants indicted for placing a truck car on railroad tracks. Train belonging to the Louisville & Nashville R. R. seriously damaged when it struck the car. Possibly an act of retaliation for insults suffered by Charley Trout of VA while traveling on the train.

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The State charged the Wards with obstructing a public highway leading from Ridge Road to Tucker's Creek Road by putting rails across the road. Exhibit is a small hand-drawn map of the area of road that was obstructed and the surrounding properties.

Case incomplete.