Clements v. Trustees of Monroe Township

Walsh, Presiding Judge.

Defendants-appellants, Monroe Township Trustees, in Clermont County, Ohio, appeal an order of the Clermont County Court of Common Pleas granting the petition for a writ of mandamus of plaintiff-appellee, Kenneth E. Clements.

In 1986, appellee bought an eight-acre piece of land in Monroe Township, Clermont County, Ohio. The sole means of ingress to and egress from appellee’s property is through Dry Run Road, a dead-end single-lane road that runs from State Route 232 to appellee’s property. The road runs parallel to Dry Run Creek except at two points where it crosses it by…