Legal Opinion

Elliott v. Trisler

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided September 18, 1917No. 6519PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Error from District Court, Ellis County; G. A. Brown, Judge. Action by Charles T. Trisler against S. J. Elliott and others. Judgment for the plaintiff, and defendants bring error.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

GALBRAITH, C.

This action against the landowner for an injunction to restrain him from closing a road, extending over his land along the half section line, that was alleged to be a public highway. The court granted a temporary restraining order, and after a hearing made the same perpetual, based upon the finding that there had been a dedication of the highway and an acceptance and use of it by the public. The defendants below have prosecuted an appeal to this court.

The pertinent facts are as follows: The defendant in error settled upon a quarter section of public land, in section 30,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Britton v. MorrisSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
  2. Board of Com'rs of Woodward County v. ThyfaultSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914
  3. White v. DowellSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Cosden Oil & Gas Co. v. HickmanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1925

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