Yates v. Sturgis

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

Cathryn Chadwick Yates, appellant, and Floyd and Vanessa Sturgis, appellees, own adjoining tracts of land inside the City of Arkadelphia. Appellant Yates alleges that part of her tract is landlocked, or, in other words, blocked from the nearest city street by the appellees’ tract. She filed a petition in the County Court of Clark County, pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. § 27-66-401 (1987), to establish a private road across appellees’ tract. The county court held that it was without jurisdiction to open a private road within the city limits and dismissed the petition.…