Dodge v. State Highway & Public Works Commission

The jury having answered the first issue in favor of the respondent, the question before this Court is to determine whether or not the petitioner has established any easement or right by having constructed this canal in 1923 which would entitle him to recover from the respondent, the public roads agency of the State, for an alleged interference with those rights. It was alleged in the petition that the petitioner had an agreement with the State Highway Commission to maintain a removable or drawbridge. However, this was denied by the respondent and no evidence offered to prove the existence of…