Draper v. Mackey

This was a suit in equity by James W. Mackey against Laura Draper, to enjoin the defendant from obstructing a public road leading to the plaintiff’s ferry, and to require her to remove, a fence she had built across the road.

The complaint, which was filed on the twenty-fifth day of October, 1878, was in substance, that the road, which is from the lower end of the Johnston field to the Oamden and Princeton road, near the Draper place, and crosses the Ouachita river at the Draper place, was laid out and opened as a public road in pursuance of an order of the county court, made at the Januaiy…