Raney v. Gunn

253 S.W.2d 559 (1952)

RANEY et al.

v.

GUNN et al.

No. 4-9805.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 23, 1952.

Dissenting Opinion January 12, 1953.

Arthur Sneed, Piggott, for appellants.

E. G. Ward, Piggott, for appellees.

GRIFFIN SMITH, Chief Justice.

Plaintiffs and defendants each own eighty acres, forty having a common boundary. A road, constructed over half a century ago, entered defendants' property from a country road on defendants' south boundary describing an arc across defendants' property and passing a dwelling on plaintiffs' land.

In August, 1951, defendants closed gates on the road and attempted to…