Lopeman v. Hansen

Plaintiffs brought this action to enjoin defendants from using a strip of plaintiff’s land. Defendants cross-complained to enjoin plaintiffs from obstructing it on the ground that it is a public road. Defendants appeal from a decree in plaintiffs’ favor.

All the land described is in township twenty-two north, range twenty-eight east, Willamette meridian. Respondents own all of section twenty-five, which lies immediately east of section twenty-six. Appellants own the south half of section twenty-six and respondents own the northeast quarter of it.

The disputed area is a sixty-foot strip a mile…