McCarty v. Blanton

Opinion of the Court by

Judge McCandless—

Beversing.

This is a road controversy. There is no map in the record, and the description is- rather obscure, but it appears that many years ago Asa Beed owned a large farm in Johnson county on Pigeon creek, and north of Paint creek. A public road ran over the farm, perhaps crossing Pigeon creek twice; a mill being located at one of the crossings. Some 40 years ago a new county road was established south of Paint creek, but the old road was never formally abolished. One of its termini intersected the new road on the opposite side of the creek from the…