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· 1/15/1871

Power v. Watkins

Citations

  • 58 Ill. 380

Syllabus

<p>Highways—obstruction of by individuals—effect thereof on the rights of the public. The act of au individual obstructing a public road, can not divest the public of its rights in respect to the road, unless submitted to for such a period of time as to raise a fair presumption of abandonment.</p>

Judges: Lawrence

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