Merritt Mercantile Company v. Nelms

This is an action by the appellants against the appellee for a mandatory injunction to compel the appellee to remove certain obstructions from an alleged public highway. The appellants alleged in substance that they were the owners of certain lands in the town of Black Oak, Arkansas; that there had been a road between their property and the railroad in said town for more than twenty-five years, which had been used1 by the public generally; that the appellant, Oiti-zens’ Gin Company, a corporation, had been operating a gin for many years, and-they would not have purchased the gin had there not…