By this
time, Brown had completely rebuilt portions of the road. The problem was that other parts of the road
had been ignored and were still in disrepair.
Naturally, quite a few road-users were unhappy about this state of
affairs, most notably a Captain Lane and George Blake. Lane and Blake publicly stated that they
would not pay the toll if the road was not repaired by May 1, 1875.
True to
his declaration, Lane refused to pay the toll, and Driggers (whom the reader
will recall was now in charge of the road) filed a lawsuit against Lane.
In his
suit, Driggers charged that Lane with forcing himself past the tollgate without
paying on two occasions, and with driving his team around the gate on three
others. The total amount of the suit was
$96.
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