Miller v. Anthony’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “2. During the eleven years while the Gazaway’s [sic] have resided upon their property, no one has traveled the entire length of the public road proposed by Plaintiffs. [[Image here]] 8. Plaintiff Randy Ankrom admitted that no person has traveled the entire length of the public road proposed by Plaintiff during the last five years because it is impossible to do so. 9. From 1975 until 1991, Zana Abbott lived upon the 20-acre tract where the Gazaway’s now reside. 10.During the time when Zana Abbott lived upon the 20 acres, no one traveled the entire length of the proposed public road from Highway 123 to Farm Road 455. [[Image here]] 36. The public has not used the alleged public road for a continuous period of five years prior to the date of the trial. 37. If the public road proposed by Plaintiffs ever existed as a public road, it has been abandoned and vacated. 38. Section 228.190 RSMo. states that: “non use by the public for five years continuously of any public road shall be deemed an abandonment and vacation of the same.” This section is applicable to the case at hand and the alleged public road, if it ever existed as a public road, has been abandoned and vacated.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ankrom v. Roberts