Hicks v. Anderson

The petitioner, Nelson Hicks, is and has been for many years, the owner of a farm in Amherst county, which fronts on Route No. 636, formerly an old county highway. It was a dirt road, and frequently out of repair. In 1932 it was taken over by the State from the county as a secondary road. It ran approximately parallel to Harris creek. Harris creek runs through the middle of the bottom lands of the petitioner which lie between the hills belonging to one Russell J. Burford on the one side and other lands belonging to the petitioner. This highway, as it was originally located, ran along the edge…