Nellis v. Countryman

The plaintiff owns a lot containing about ■twelve acres, lying between the highway known as the Krings Bush road and lands of the defendant. Because the defendant has insisted upon his right to pass from his own lands across the twelve-acre lot to reach said highway, this action is brought. The facts of the case are simple and practically undisputed. The plaintiff’s lot we will call the Nellis lot, and the defendant’s lot the Countryman lot. The Countryman lot has not, for many years at least, been occupied by any residence; but, as long as the memory of any witness on the stand goes back,…