Williams v. Norton

This is an appeal from an order setting aside the vacation of a portion of a public road, Code 1975, § 23-4-20, and enjoining abutting land owners from obstructing the road. We affirm.

Jack Miller, Jr., and Floyd Johnson were the owners of coterminous parcels of land in Etowah County which abut the backwaters of the Henry Neely Reservoir of the Coosa River. On July 28, 1977, Miller and Johnson dedicated a portion of their property to be used as a public street by executing and recording in the office of the Judge of Probate of Etowah County a right-of-way deed to Etowah County. This forty-foot…