Board of Comm'rs of Shawnee Co. v. Beckwith
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Shawnee District Court. Beckwith was the owner of a quarter-section of land in Shawnee county, which he occupied and cultivated as a farm. The land adjoining on the west was also cultivated as a farm. Both farms were inclosed, the fences on the north and south lines respectively connecting at the division line. The partition fence was an Osage orange hedge, the south eighty rods of which was owned by Beckwith, and the north eighty rods by one Stanley.
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Error from Shawnee District Court. Beckwith was the owner of a quarter-section of land in Shawnee county, which he occupied and cultivated as a farm. The land adjoining on the west was also cultivated as a farm. Both farms were inclosed, the fences on the north and south lines respectively connecting at the division line. The partition fence was an Osage orange hedge, the south eighty rods of which was owned by Beckwith, and the north eighty rods by one Stanley. Beckwith also had thirty-twó rods of hedge on the south line of his farm. The plaintiff in error established a public highway along…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
*6071. iii|hways. vate property. 2.Highway; inhy the public, *6083. Hedge fences; damages. *606This action was prosecuted by A. C. Beck-with, as plaintiff, against Shawnee county, for damages claimed to have resulted from the establishment of a certain public road or highway across the plaintiff’s land. The road was located on the west line of plaintiff’s land — (one-half being located on the plaintiff’s land, and the other half on an adjoining proprietor’s land) — the west line of the plaintiff’s land running through the middle of the road from the…
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