Stapp v. Nickels

This, is an appeal from a judgment entered upon findings of fact and conclusions of law. The judgment was simply that the plaintiff take nothing by this action.

Plaintiff brought an action to enjoin the defendants from interference with plaintiff’s use of a road. The road had been cabled and locked by defendants on their own land; but the contention of plaintiff was that it was a public road.

Plaintiff leases 1,000 acres from the United States government. The land is bounded on the north and east by the Missouri River, on the west by lands of the defendants, on the south by federal land leased…