McCoy v. Walker

SCRUGGS, Retired Circuit Judge.

This case concerns the common-law dedication of a public' way.

McCoy’s farm was transected by an interstate highway in 1964, with an eight-acre tract remaining north of the highway. Since his existing method of entry to that field was eliminated by the highway, in 1964 McCoy and his tenant cleared bushes from a fifteen-foot strip of land (strip) running north from his small tract to a public road, and they also filled some holes with gravel. None of the parties owned that strip. He and his tenant thereafter used the road to gain access to his eight-acre field for…