Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Commerce Commission

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• test is whether public generally had free and unrestricted right to use road
• “The test whether a strip of ground has become a public highway by user is, not the number of persons actually using it, but the character of the use; that is, whether the public generally had free and unrestricted right to use the road.”
• “The test whether a strip of ground has 7 become a public highway by user is, not the number of persons actually using it, but 8 the character of the use; that is, whether the public generally had free and unrestricted 9 right to use the road.”

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