Dowling v. Erickson

Steele Hays, Justice.

The appellant owns land that completely surrounds land owned by the appellee, purchased from a third party. Having no access to his land from any public road, appeliee filed a petition in county court, pursuant to Ark. Stat. Ann. § 76-110 (Repl. 1981), to establish a road across appellant’s land. Section 76-110 sets out the procedures for estabishing a road when an owner has no access to his land. The county court approved the petition and appointed three viewers who fixed a roadway and the amount of appellant’s compensation. Appellant appealed to the circuit court which…