Board of County Commissioners v. Patrick
Wyoming Supreme Court
Error to' the District Court, Sheridan County, Hon. Carroll H. Parmelee, Judge. The action was brought by Algernon S. Patrick against the Board of County Commissioners of Sheridan County, to enjoin the defendant from interfering with a fence built by the plaintiff across a traveled road.
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Error to' the District Court, Sheridan County, Hon. Carroll H. Parmelee, Judge. The action was brought by Algernon S. Patrick against the Board of County Commissioners of Sheridan County, to enjoin the defendant from interfering with a fence built by the plaintiff across a traveled road. The defendant alleged that the road had been used by the public continuously, exclusively, and without interruption, as a public highway, for 20 years; that such use had been open, notorious, peaceable, and adverse to plaintiff and his grantors, and under a claim of rightthat during said time plaintiff and…
1Opinion of the Court
Scott, Justice.
The defendant in error (plaintiff below) brought this action in the District Court of Sheridan County against the plaintiff in error (defendant b.elow) to enjoin the county from interfering with or. removing a fence theretofore constructed by him across a road known as the Soldier Creek road. A temporary injunction was allowed, which upon issue joined and trial thereon was made perpetual. The county brings the case here on error.
It is assigned as error first. That the decision and judgment are contrary to law, and, second, that the decision and judgment are not sustained by…
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