Carpenter v. Gantzer

Action to enjoin defendant from closing an alleged public road. The answer denied the existence thereof, and counterclaimed for an injunction against plaintiff’s repeated trespass upon defendant’s premises. Findings were for plaintiff, and defendant appeals from the order denying his motion for amended findings or a new trial.

On the Minnesota river bottoms southwesterly from the Cedar avenue road and bridge, known as No. 8, there is a long narrow strip of land between the river bank and Long Meadow lake, upon which has existed a road leading southwesterly, following closely the river bank. In…