Legal Opinion
Williams v. Prather
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided May 9, 1940No. 4 Div. 121PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARDNER, Chief Justice.
Complainant filed this bill seeking injunctive relief against respondents’ obstruction of a certain road, which hé insists is a public road, leading from the Hitchitie Settlement road and across the lands of respondents, into and through his lands.
There is no pretense this road was established or maintained by any public authorities, but complainant’s case rests solely upon the doctrine of prescription through'long and uninterrupted use thereof by the public as a matter of right. Ritter v. Hewitt, 236 Ala. 205, 181 So. 289; Central of Georgia R. Co. v. Faulkner, 217…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Locklin v. TuckerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1922
- Nelson v. HammondsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
- Profile Cotton Mills v. Calhoun Water Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1914
- Central of Georgia Ry. Co. v. FaulknerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1927
- Ritter v. HewittSupreme Court of Alabama · 1938
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Irion v. NelsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1952
- Valley Heating, Cooling & Electric Co. v. Alabama Gas Corp.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1970
- Smith v. SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1985
- Berger v. BergerNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1958
- Davis v. LindenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1976
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