Barbee v. Carpenter

This dispute involves the appellees right to close part of Second Street in the city of Siloam Springs. The appellees home is situated at the northwest corner of the intersection of Second and College Streets and fronts on College to the east. The appellants home, also facing College, is just across Second Street, at the southwest corner of the intersection. This suit results from the action of the appellees in placing a fence across Second Street along the line of its intersection with College. The appellants complaint asks that the appellees be required to remove the fence. The defense is that neither the public nor the plaintiffs have an easement in this part of Second Street The chancellor sustained this defense, holding that the appellees now own this part of Second Street in fee