Carter v. Town of La Grange

Stayton, Associate Justice.

This action was brought by the town of La Grange against Mrs. E. J. Carter, to establish the right of the town to, and to have obstructions removed from, a street in the town which Mrs. Carter had inclosed, and to which she made claim.

The appellant pleaded “ not guilty ” and the statute of limitation of ten years.

The cause was tried without a jury, and a judgment rendered for the appellee.

It appears that as early as 1859 the street in controversy was fenced across, and perhaps inclosed, so far as it ran between certain lots which belonged to the husband of the…