Ellis v. Brabson

This is a contest over a road running over the lands of defendant and one Murphy. The theory of complainants is that the road *539is a public road by dedication, and, if not a public road, that complainants have acquired a private right of way over it by prescription arising from long user. The defendant closed that part of the road on his land, and complainants filed this bill to compel defendant to reopen it, and also to enjoin him from further obstructing it.

The Court of Chancery Appeals find, after an elaborate review of the facts, that the road in question was dedicated, over forty-five…