The State of West Virginia and the Hurricane Police Department v. Timothy L. Taylor, Jr. and United States Currency in the amount of $3,855.00

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• no public way where a sign listing business hours was “clearly visible from the road as one approache[d] the entrance” and physical circumstances did not suggest a public way
• unpaved way furnishing access to business not covered by statute during weekend when business not open, but strongly implying it would be covered during business operating hours
• unpaved way furnishing access to business not covered by statute during weekend when business not open, but court strongly implying it would be covered during business operating hours
• “indicia of accessibility to the public include . . . abutting houses or businesses”
• objective appearance is determinative of status, not subjective intent of owner
• where the court found that the characteristics of the road on a holiday weekend were not such that members of the public could reasonably infer they had an invitation to travel despite the fact the public had physical access to the road

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).