OBSTRUCT

1, To block up; to interpose obstacles; to render impa able; to fill with barriers or impediments; as to obstruct a road or way. U. S. v. Williams, 28 Fed. Cas. 633; Chase v. Oshkosh, 81 Wis. 313, 51 N. W. 560, 15 L. R. A. 553, 29 Am•. St Rep. 898; Over houser v. American Cereal Co., 118 Iowa, 417, 92 N. W. 74; Gorham v. Withey, 52 l\iich. 50, 17 N. W. 272. 2. To impede or hinder; to interpose obstacles or impediments,.to the hindrance or frustration of some act or service; as to obstruct an officer in the execution of his duty. Davis v. State, 76 Ga. 722. 3. As applied to navigable waters, to "ob• ·l!ltruct" them ls to interpose such impediments in the way of free and open naviga- -tion that ve els are thereby prevented from.going where ordinarily they have n right to go or where they may find it nece ary to go ·In their maneuvers'. See In re City of Richmond (D. C.) 43 Fed. 88; Terre Baute Drawbridge Co. v. Hall i day, 4 Ind. 36; The Van- ·couver, 28 Fed. Oas. 960. 4. As applied to the operation of railroads, an "obstruction" may be either that which obstructs or hinders the free and safe pa 1>.ge of a train, or that which may receive an injury or damage, such as it would be unlawful to inflict, if run over or against by the train, as in the case of cattle or a man approaching on the track. Nashville -& C. R. Co. v. Carroll, 6 Heisk. (Tenn.) 368; Louisville N. & G. R. Co. v. Reidmond, 11 Lea (Tenn.) 205; South & North Alabama R. Co. v. Williams, 65 Ala. 77. [s. 851]