Legal Opinion

Locklin v. Tucker

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided June 30, 1922No. 1 Div. 234PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSomerville, J.

This court has frequently declared that the dedication of a road or street will be presumed when it appears that the public have used it uninterruptedly for 20 years, without objection from the owner. Hoole v. Atty. Gen., 22 Ala. 190, 196; Rosser v. Bunn, 66 Ala. 89, 95; Steele v. Sullivan, 70 Ala. 589, 594; N. O., etc., R. R. Co. v. Jones, 68 Ala. 48, 55; Smith v. Inge, 80 Ala. 283, 287; Bessemer Land Co. v. Jenkins, 111 Ala. 135, 148, 18 South. 565, 568, 56 Am. St. Rep. 26; Cochran v. Purser, 152 Ala. 354, 44 South. 579; Moragne v. City of Gadsden, 170 Ala. 124, 54 South. 518; Carter v.…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Bessemer Land & Improvement Co. v. JenkinsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1895
  2. Rosser v. Bunn & TimberlakeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1880
  3. Steele v. SullivanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1881
  4. New Orleans & Selma Railroad v. JonesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1880
  5. Trump v. McDonnellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1898

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3Cited by37 opinions

  1. Fitts v. AlexanderSupreme Court of Alabama · 1965
  2. West v. WestSupreme Court of Alabama · 1949
  3. Birmingham Trust & Savings Co. v. MasonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1930
  4. Morris v. YanceySupreme Court of Alabama · 1958
  5. Ayers v. StidhamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1954

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