Derryberry v. Beck

This is a proceeding begun by petition to the county court for the opening of a road, filed by a landowner who is without an open way from her lands. The petition was granted, and a jury of view appointed, who located an eighteen-foot road and fixed the damages, which action was thereafter confirmed by the court and a jury, except that the amount of the damages was fixed at a somewhat increased sum. This appeal is from the final decree of the court, adjudging that, upon the payment by the petitioner of the damages, the road so located should be opened from the lands of petitioner to the…