Mathis v. Brashear

Melvin Mayfield, Judge.

Appellants Wilson and Laverne Mathis appeal a Faulkner County Chancery Court decision that dismissed their adverse possession complaint.

The record shows that certain property in Faulkner County was platted into blocks and lots as the Hayes Addition to the City of Conway, Arkansas, and filed for record on December 4,1917. In September 1961 the Hayes Addition was annexed to the City of Conway. The plat provided for a forty-foot easement to be known as Maple Street to run between Blocks 8 and 1, but Maple Street was never opened and a portion of that street is the property…