Turner v. Duke

KING, P.J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. The appellees [the Dukes] commenced this action by filing a complaint in the Chancery Court of Carroll County alleging that a road “known as the Duke Road” was a public road and requesting the trial court enjoin the appellants [the Turners] from blocking it and declare the Duke Road to be a public road. The Turners answered the complaint and counterclaimed for injunctive relief to authorize them to erect gates along the Duke Road and direct the Dukes lock these gates after them when traveling upon the Duke Road.

¶ 2. A trial was conducted on April 16, 1997. On…