McCann v. Clarke County

The plaintiff is the owner of an unimproved forty acres of land, principally valued for its timber, and lives about a mile and a quarter east thereof. When he bought the forty, there was a north and south public highway on the quarter section line east of him, upon which the forty abutted, and an east and west public highway on the half section line, upon which the forty also abutted. There was and still is a highway on the south line of the section, and there is a highway from that road north on the west line of the same section to the southwest corner of plaintiff’s forty. The board of…