Shellnut v. Carroll County

Bell, J,

G-. W. Shellnut' sued Carroll County for damages. His petition alleges, that he is the owner of a tract of land of which a certain public road is the eastern boundary and upon which his residence is located a short distance west of the road; that the county has cut out, graded, and opened a new road about 100 yards east of the old- road and abandoned the old road; that the new road leaves the old road about 500 yards south of plaintiff’s residence and comes back into it about 130 yards north of his residence; that “the old road has not been closed but has been practically abandoned by…