Osborne v. Cromeans

Joe G. Cromeans and Mary Ann Cromeans commenced this action by filing a complaint against Evelyn McClure Caproon Osborne in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, seeking damages and an injunction to prevent Osborne from blocking a public road. A temporary restraining order was granted. This case was tried ore tenus in May 1985; the trial court found that the road was a public road and enjoined and restrained all parties from interfering with the public's use of the road. Osborne appealed.

FACTS

The road in dispute is depicted in several of the exhibits in evidence; for reference, we will refer…