Skinner v. Osage County

SATZ, Judge.

This is a dispute over whether a rural roadway traversing plaintiffs’ land is private or public. Plaintiffs, Al and Elly Skinner, claim this roadway is their private road. To validate their claim they sued Osage County, the individual County Commissioners and several nearby property owners in a two count petition. In Count I, plaintiffs requested the court to enjoin the named defendants from using the roadway, and, in Count II, they requested the court to quiet title to the roadway in them. In answer, defendants alleged the roadway to be a public road.

The trial court declared the…