Legal Opinion
Still v. Lovelady
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided June 14, 1928No. 6 Div. 7PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBouldin, J.
The bill is to. enjoin the obstruction of an alleged public road. Whether the roadway in question is a public highway by dedication or prescription is the issue presented by this appeal.
In Locklin v. Tucker, 208 Ala. 155, 93 So. 896, it was declared:
“When the evidence shows an uninterrupted user by the general public of a roadway over reclaimed lands, for a period of 20 years or more, and there is nothing in the evidence to contradict the presumption .of a dedication by the owner', such a presumption will be indulged from the fact of such user alone. This is the rule plainly deducible from…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Rosser v. Bunn & TimberlakeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1880
- Locklin v. TuckerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1922
- Hoole v. Attorney GeneralSupreme Court of Alabama · 1853
- Central of Georgia Ry. Co. v. FaulknerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1927
- Harvey v. WarrenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1925
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Birmingham Trust & Savings Co. v. MasonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1930
- Ayers v. StidhamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1954
- Scruggs v. BeasonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1945
- Hall v. PolkSupreme Court of Alabama · 1978
- Smith v. SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1985
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