Williams v. Woodward

CLAY, Commissioner.

Appellants seek to enjoin appellee from obstructing an old road which traverses the latter’s property in Laurel County. The Chancellor refused an injunction.

Prior to 1935, what is known as the Old State or Wilderness Road, following the Daniel Boone Trace, ran through appellee’s property, and had been used by the public for a great many years. In 1932 the Legislature had added to the state primary system of highways the section of the road involved. In 1935 the Commnwealth constructed a new paralleling highway at a different location which did not follow the original…