Chamberlain v. Newton County

John A. Fogleman, Justice.

Appellant Rosemarie E. Chamberlain filed a petition in chancery court against Newton County, alleging that she was the owner of a 40-acre tract of land over which the county had constructed a roadway without any grant from her and without her consent. She sought a mandatory injunction requiring discontinuance of use of the roadway and restoration of her property to its previous state. She also sought compensation for the cost of a survey to determine the actual location of the road, and damages for the displacement of topsoil and destruction of trees which were…