Decatur County v. Settles

Bell, Judge.

The question for determination is whether a cause of action is stated by a petition which alleges: the closing of a public road approximately % of a mile from the plaintiffs’ property; that there are intersecting streets in an incorporated area between the property and the obstruction; that none of the plaintiffs’ property is taken or physically invaded; that plaintiffs’ access to that part of the road on which their property abuts remains as undisturbed as it was before the blocking of the public road; that the plaintiffs suffered damages not inflicted upon the public generally;…