Holbrook v. Letcher County

Opinion op the Court by

Chief Justice Clay

Affirming.

In this action by W. O. Holbrook against Letcher county, plaintiff’s demurrer to the answer was carried back and sustained to the petition and the amended petition, and the petition was dismissed. Holbrook appeals.

■ Briefly stated the facts alleged in the petition are these: During 1925 a new public highway was surveyed from Mayking, in Letcher county, to Haymond, in Letcher county, across a farm owned by plaintiff. At the time an old county road had been maintained over his farm for a period of more than 15 years. The new highway traversed…