Rule v. Thompson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

Elmer Rule owns section 7 in one township and the north half of the northeast quarter of section 13 adj oining it on the west. In 1891 a public road was laid out by the county commissioners on the west and north lines of section 7 for their full length, extending also further to the east and south. No work, however, was ever done upon the quarter of a mile running south from the northwest corner of section 7 until a few years ago when the-township officers undertook to put it in condition for travel. Rule sought an injunction against them on…