Wright v. Town of Lake Waccamaw

A street or highway may be established by prescription, dedication, or condemnation. “According to tbe current decisions of tbis Court, there can be no public highway, unless it be one either established by tbe public authorities in a proceeding regularly constituted before tbe proper tribunal, or one generally used by tbe public over which tbe proper authorities have exerted control for tbe period of twenty years, or one dedicated to tbe public by the owner of tbe soil with tbe sanction of tbe authorities, and for the maintenance and reparation of which they are responsible.” Kennedy v.…