Pierce v. Jones

Griffin Smith, Chief Justice.

The right to close a road through lands within township fourteen north, range two west, in J ackson. County, is involved.

L. D. Pierce owns 1,300 acres, parts of which (at various points) adjoin some of the 1,200 acres owned by Jones.

The south half of section seventeen and the north half of section twenty, each traversed by Black River, are among the Jones holdings. The south half of section twenty belongs to Pierce.

Access to an old northeast-southwest dirt road along the river meandering through Jones’ property in sections seventeen and twenty was unobstructed…