State ex rel. Perkins v. Taylor

MAUS, Judge.

The defendants own a farm of 320 acres that lies along the Eleven Point River in Oregon County. The farm is located between a community known as Wilderness and the county seat of Alton. A dirt and gravel road extends in a southwesterly direction from Wilderness, enters the defendants’ farm from the north and runs to the bank of the river. In 1981 the defendants built a gate and obstructed the road. The petition in this case alleges that road was a public road by reason of § 228.190. The petition sought a declaration to that effect and an injunction compelling the removal of the…