Clinton Chamber of Commerce v. Jacobs

Ed. F. MoFaddin, Justice.

The appellant, for community improvement, purchased a-tract of 12 acres for a city dumping ground. This tract was about 300 yards from the nearest public highway, and the land between the highway and the proposed dumping ground was owned by the appellees. Appellant claimed that a roadway had been established, by prescription over the appellee’s land from the highway to the proposed dumping ground. Accordingly, appellant filed suit in the chancery court ' to compel appellees ’ to remove their fences and open a roadway to the public across the appellee’s land from the…