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  "name": "Town of Grand Prairie, Appellee, v. Fred Schneider, Appellant",
  "name_abbreviation": "Town of Grand Prairie v. Schneider",
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    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. App. Ct.",
    "id": 8837,
    "name": "Illinois Appellate Court"
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    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
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    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "Town of Grand Prairie, Appellee, v. Fred Schneider, Appellant."
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    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Presiding Justice Higbee\ndelivered the opinion of the court.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Mr. Presiding Justice Higbee"
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    "attorneys": [
      "Schul & Ore, for appellant; C. F. Dew, of counsel.",
      "W. G. Murph\u00e9y and Curtis Williams, for appellee."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "Town of Grand Prairie, Appellee, v. Fred Schneider, Appellant.\n(Not to he reported in full.)\nAppeal from the County Court of Jefferson .county; the Hon. Ahtbew D. Webb, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1916.\nReversed and remanded.\nOpinion filed November 13, 1916.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction by Town of Grand Prairie, plaintiff, against Fred Schneider, defendant, before a justice of the. peace for obstructing a public highway. From a judgment against defendant for $65.10 and costs on appeal to the Circuit Court, defendant appeals.\nSchul & Ore, for appellant; C. F. Dew, of counsel.\nW. G. Murph\u00e9y and Curtis Williams, for appellee.\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. Roads and bbidqes, \u00a7 21 \u2014when prescriptive highway not established. Evidence in an action for obstructing a highway, held insufficient to show the existence of a highway by prescription.\n2. Trial, \u00a7 69*\u2014when limitation in number of witnesses improper. Limitation as to number of witnesses to prove an essential and strongly controverted point, held, erroneous, particularly where the limitation was applied to the witnesses for only one of the parties.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
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