Legal Opinion

McGough v. McGough

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided January 13, 1944No. 6 Div. 185PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

THOMAS, Justice.

The suit was for injunction to enjoin the appellant from obstructing a road. The decree was in favor of complainant, appellee here, hence the appeal.

This court has frequently declared that the dedication of a road or street will be presumed when it appears that the public has used it uninterruptedly for twenty years without objection from the- owner. Locklin v. Tucker, 208 Ala. 155, 93 So. 896; Central of Georgia Ry. Co. v. Faulkner, 217 Ala. 82, 84, 114 So. 686; Still v. Lovelady, 218 Ala. 19, 20, 117 So. 481; Ritter v. Hewitt, 236 Ala. 205, 208, 181 So. 289; Birmingham Trust…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Wilson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1942
  2. Rosser v. Bunn & TimberlakeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1880
  3. Birmingham Trust & Savings Co. v. MasonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1930
  4. Locklin v. TuckerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1922
  5. Central of Georgia Ry. Co. v. FaulknerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1927

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Purvis v. BuseySupreme Court of Alabama · 1954

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