Ballard v. Bowie County

This is an action instituted by Bowie County, in which a mandatory writ of injunction is asked for to compel the appellants to remove certain obstructions placed by them on one of the public roads of the county. The petition, among other things, alleges the public character of the road in question, and that the appellants have constructed fences across it at various places. The appellants, after specially excepting to certain portions of the petition, pleaded general denial, not guilty, estoppel, and abandonment by the county of that portion of the highway on which the obstructions were…