Dennis v. Gary

Citations

• 56 Wash. 112
• 105 P. 172
• 1909 Wash. LEXIS 858

Syllabus

<p>Highways — Prescription—Permissive Use — Evidence — Sufficiency. A public road by prescriptive use is not shown where it appears that the road was constructed and used almost exclusively as a logging road under written leases, and no public money was spent on it.</p> <p>Same — Evidence—Issues and Proof. In an action to declare a road a public highway by prescriptive use, it is admissible, under a general denial, to show that the use was only permissive under a lease.</p>