Strong v. Makeever

This case was tried in the Newton Circuit Court on a change of venue from Jasper county^ where it originated. Section 5035, R. S. 1881, is as follows: “All public highways which have been or may hereafter be used as such for twenty years or more shall be deemed public highways; and the board of county commissioners shall have power to cause such of the roads used as highways as shall have been laid out but not sufficiently described, and such as *580have been used for twenty years but not recorded, to be ascertained, described, and entered of record.”

Invoking the exercise of the authority…