Jordan v. Way

Hill, Justice.

Following a jury verdict finding that a public road exists across his property by prescription, the defendant Howell Jordan appeals from the court’s denial of his motion for new trial.

S. A. Way, Sr., filed suit in Pulaski Superior Court charging that the defendant had blockaded a road known as "Old Gooseneck Road” which leads from U. S. Highway 129 across property of the defendant to property of the plaintiff and others. He alleged that Old Gooseneck Road is a public road or has acquired a public character from use by the public for a period of more than sixty years. He…