Pippin v. May
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from St. Francis Circuit Court; Hance N. Hutton, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. L. H. Pippin filed a petition in the St. Francis County Court for the establishment of a road from his place across land of defendant, May, to connect with the public highway.
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Appeal from St. Francis Circuit Court; Hance N. Hutton, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. L. H. Pippin filed a petition in the St. Francis County Court for the establishment of a road from his place across land of defendant, May, to connect with the public highway. He stated in his petition, among other things, that he was the owner of eighty acres of land, N. J4, N. W. sec. 35, T. 6 N., R. 3 east, in that county, which was his homestead; that the shortest distance from his house to the public road is along the west boundary of S. W. of N. W. yi of sec. 35, which is only yi of a mile, and is on…
1Opinion of the Court
Riddick, J.,
(after stating the facts.) This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court, which affirmed a judgment of the county court that refused to order a road opened over the land of defendant to connect the homestead of plaintiff with the public highway.
Our statute provides that “when the lands, dwelling-house or plantation of any person is so situated as to render it necessary for the owner thereof to have a private road from such lands, dwelling-house, or plantation to any public road or watercourse over the lands of any other person, and such person shall refuse to allow such…
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