Daugherty v. Sowers

Matson, Justice.

Appeal from an order denying defendants’ motion for a new trial in an action to enjoin defendants from obstructing a roadway alleged to have been established by common-law dedication.

The roadway alleged to have been established by common-law dedication commences with the western terminus of Main street, a platted street of the village of McGrath, Minnesota, and runs in a westerly direction across the land of the defendants to plaintiff’s place of abode on her land. About 50 years ago plaintiff acquired her land from the federal government by proving up a homestead claim. The…