Whiteside v. Brown

93 So. 2d 747, 266 Ala. 27, 1957 Ala. LEXIS 370
Supreme Court of Alabama·Decided March 21, 1957·No. 7 Div. 279·Published·Cited by 5 cases

Opinion

GOODWYN, Justice.

Appellants, E. D. and N. Q. Whiteside, filed a bill of complaint in the circuit court of Calhoun County, in equity, against appellee, Lloyd Brown, seeking to enjoin him from obstructing an alleged public road through reclaimed land. Appellee answered the bill denying that the road is a public road. After taking testimony ore tenus the trial court rendered a decree denying relief to complainants and dismissing their bill. It is from that decree that they prosecute this appeal.

There is only one assignment of error and that presents for review the factual issue whether the evidence shows the disputed road has become a public road by prescription. No question of a way of necessity is involved. Nor is there any question about appellants sustaining such special injury as will entitle them to maintain the action if the disputed road is in fact a public road. Ayers v. Stidham, 260 Ala. 390, 392, 71 So.2d 95; Benson v. Pickens County, 260 Ala. 436, 438, 70 So.2d 647.

In aid of a better understanding of the situation we include the following rough drawing, not to scale, showing the disputed road and other pertinent data brought out in evidence, viz.:

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