Donovan v. Union Pacific Railroad

On motion for rehearing of Donovan v. Union P. R. Co., 103 Neb. 663.

In 1874 the county officials of Merrick county, by proceedings more or less irregular, attempted to lay' out and establish a road along the south side of and in defendant railroad company’s right of way, running from Chapman to the Hall county line. Prom that time until about 1899, except as occasional obstructions in the road would prevent it, the road (with one detour of about a mile long, occasioned by trees, at a point known as the Strotman place) was traveled by the public as its highway, and became a highway by…