Legal Opinion

City of Gary v. Much

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided March 5, 1913No. 22,353PublishedCited by 12 opinions

From Lake Circuit Court; W. G. McMahan, Judge. Action by Richard Much against the City of Gary. From a judgment for plaintiff, the defendant appeals. (Transferred from the Appellate Court under subd. 2, §1394 Bums 1908, Acts 1901 p. 565.)

1Opinion of the CourtMorris, J.

More than thirty years ago' a public highway known as the Clark Road was established in Lake County leading from the village of Clark northward a distance of about one and a half miles, to the shore of Lake Michigan, and it has ever since been used by the public. About fifteen *28years ago, it was graded and paved with macadam. In 1904, appellee purchased a two-acre tract of land, bounded on the north by Lake Michigan and on the east by the Clark Road. The tract has a frontage on the lake of about 473 feet and on the road of about 463 feet, the center of the road being his east line. It is…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Chicago & Atlantic Railway Co. v. SuttonIndiana Supreme Court · 1892
  2. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. NoftsgerIndiana Supreme Court · 1897
  3. Migatz v. StieglitzIndiana Supreme Court · 1906
  4. Douglas County v. TaylorNebraska Supreme Court · 1897
  5. Strunk v. PritchettIndiana Court of Appeals · 1901

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Windle v. City of ValparaisoIndiana Court of Appeals · 1916
  2. Blanding v. City of Las VegasNevada Supreme Court · 1929
  3. Messinger v. City of CincinnatiOhio Court of Appeals · 1930
  4. Shaughnessey v. JordanIndiana Supreme Court · 1916
  5. Burton v. SparksIndiana Court of Appeals · 1941

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