Brown v. Roberts

Opinion op the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner—

Affirming.

The issue in this case is the right of a citizen to close on his own accord a portion of the state highway where a new road has been constructed in its place.

In rebuilding the state highway between Paducah and Benton, known as federal highway No. 68, a curve was eliminated; the old and new roads forming a crescent or a figure something like an Indian bow. The appellant, William C. Brown, owns the property abutting the old and new roads where they join at the north end. The appellee Frank Roberts owns property at the south junction, and…