ENCROACHMENT

An encroachment upon a st.reet or highway ls a fixture, such as a wall or fence, which intrudes into or invades the highway or lncloses a portl,;m of it, diminishing its width or area, but without closing it to public travel. State v. Kean, 69 N. H. 122, 45 Atl. 256, 48 L. R. A, _102; State v. Pomeroy, 73 Wls. 664, 41 N. W. 726; Barton v. Campbell, 54 Ohio St.. 147, 42 N. E. 698; Grand Rapids v. Hughes, 15 Mich. 57; State v. Leaver, 62 Wis. 387, 22 N. W. 576. [s. 430]