Hall v. McLeod

The appellant, Hall, filed his petition in the circuit court, asserting a right to the use of a passway over part of the land now owned by the appellee, McLeod, from the mouth of Smith’s Branch through a woodland pasture to the turnpike road leading from Paris to Lexington. He alleged that Jas. McDowell, the former owner of the land, had agreed to establish said passway, and did, in pursuance of his agreement, establish and dedicate it to the public use; and that it had been used as such for eight or ten years without interruption, until it was obstructed by the appellee, who had lately…