Morrison v. Town of West Point

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Sampson

^Reversing.

This ease was commenced by the town of West Point against appellant Morrison to recover the possession of a small body of land in that town, which it is alleged in the petition had been dedicated to the city as a part of a street, alley and public square, and had been held and used by the city for many years for such purposes, but later taken into possession, used and occupied by Morrison, who obstructed the street and alley and appropriated part of the public square.

The first paragraph of the answer is a traverse of the averments of the…