Brooks v. Sanders

On or about July 1, 1960, the appellee Ben G. Sanders, Supervisor of District No. 1 of Grenada County, Mississippi, went upon the land of the appellants, Phillip M. Brooks and Norman G. Brooks, and constructed, by use of a bulldozer, on and over their land for three-fourths of a mile a public road without the authority or consent of the said landowners. The appellants complained of this trespass and damage to their lands and timber, and the appellee asserted in defense of the action that he had constructed the said public road at the request of one Charles Perry over the lands of the…