Show HIGHWAYS AND ROADS we e hayg received from h a fc correaa r p pt tho the following with a ir arcq u go cat W aliat vt we x kaus a cpr pr arthem them brough the columns of the 1 what is the tile legal definition of a it highway 2 what is a thoroughfare lag soo n t persons pe CI rOOs I 1 sg lands rands of t tho G government overn ment or br railway companies cloe close up roads leading to canyons can T arll from winch which the public have ob obtained d fuel and in which cattle have been used to graze ze yf 4 8 obtain h road to no with any known highway 51 5 can a person close up a byway which has been travale tra aled d by a few individuals divi duals for tho the purpose of getting to their own possessions vilis his question tion of bf highways and roads has been tho the cause of much trouble and litigation besides much m 2 vexation and i as s so 60 important a T many complications in each individual case that the ans answer eibo eto aset a set of general ques 1 jt might inight bo 0 just right in in one case and the very opposite in the other we would advise no sio one to act on any je replies p lip until url tho particular case in hand has been thoroughly sifted by competent legal authorities A ble highway hway is a passage road or street I 1 which every catiz citizen en has a right to use A road is a highway when it has been dedicated to the public and is accepted and controlled 1 I by them it must be given to the public by proper legislation of courts or legislatures gisla tures or by dedication by persons who may feel to give tho the land or way to the public which persons must have n legal right and title lo 10 tile land 9 so 0 given aw away i aa thoroughfare is a street or way opening at both ends into another street or highway so that one can go through and get out of it it without returning differing from a wl cul de sac which is open at one end only canyon roada roads which are open atone at one end only are not thorough fares caresy fa resy y et t they may be highways biter after ase these general definitions from accepted authorities we will turn to question 1 three can persons purchasing land from the government or railway rail ft ay compan companies i ies close up roads leading lea ling to canyons from v aich the public have obtained fuel and in which tattle cattle have been used to graze without entering into details of any particular case we ive should eay pay yes es to this question yet there are evidently cases where no would answer if the definition of highway or th thoroughfare froug alifare can be applied to BUM roads they cannot be closed there must also be away a way to and past such land if the way wily pastle is impassable then necessity requires and the law allows that people pass over as near the impassable road oadas as possible those who have patents on their land from the govern government met will eee see that they are issued subject to any rest rested edund and W li for mining auri agricultural cultural manufacturing or other purposes and rights to ditches and reservoirs used in connection with such water rights as may be recognized and acknowledged by the local customs laws arid wid ide decisions ot of courts and also subject to tho the righta rights of the proprietor of a vein or ae to extract and aud remove his oie oro should the same bo be found faund to penetrate or intersect the premises hereby granted as provided by law but nothing is said about roads it lt is presumed that there shall be a road to all land and if any man k il purchase s e a piece of land in tho the cen ter of a section without providing for a road to it he be is very unwise in many of our settlements certain roads have been run for years yeam over other mens farms where such roads road jire sare an actual necessity and th the a owners of such farina farms have allowed tho the public to travel over them for B seven 1 eien jearel acara or more unmolested such roads may become p prescription r and fur ther a person or the public having obtained certain rights over another pe reone property cannoot be sued to 6 r recover them the property used if they have allow allowed edthe the statute of limitation to apply an easement ea ement to give a short shott definition of a subject that volt volumes have ve been elfi written upon is a necca eity sity in connection with something I 1 possessed who n la b by way becomes i ra an 41 ea seme i ut though through any 0 ohe jhc various dw rayj abich abie h i lk inlay so 0 becoate bec be come oaie h no i 0 one can close i 0 so it against the person or persons to whom it has become an casement though it may be closed 1 It against the general public we think these statements will answer our correspondents questions as its nearly as they cabbe ca n be answered in a general way |