Hughes v. Veal

Citations

• 84 Kan. 534
• 114 P. 1081
• 1911 Kan. LEXIS 365

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Highways — Acceptance of Congressional Grant. The congressional grant of a right of way for the construction of highways over public lands may be accepted by the acts of the public authorities or by the public itself, or by the concurrent action of both.</p> <p>2. - Same. Where the officers of the county undertake to establish a highway, and the proceedings taken are insufficient to meet all the requirements prescribed by the statutes of the state for establishing highways, and where such officers cause the highway to be surveyed and located over public lands, and the public itself adopts the action of the officers and travels over and uses the road as a highway, the com- ■ bined acts of the officers and the public are sufficient to constitute an acceptance of the congressional grant.</p> <p>S. -Existence — Proof., The evidence in the case examined and held to be sufficient to support the decision that a highway exists over appellant’s land.</p>