Cupp v. Light Gin Ass'n

This appeal involves the acquisition of a passageway over occupied land by public usage for more than seven years.

On May 15, 1952, appellee, Light Gin Association, filed a petition in the Chancery Court alleging that appellant, Vance Cupp, without right blocked the road in dispute by placing an obstruction of four steel posts therein on or about May 7, 1952. The prayer was that Cupp be ordered to remove the obstruction and that he be permanently enjoined from further obstructing the road. There was also an allegation of and a prayer for damages, but none was allowed by the trial court and…