The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-04-28

County Court commenced on Monday, Judge
Quarles presiding The following is a sum-
mary of the business:
Guardian-J. E. Guy was appointed guar
dian of John T. Stuart, and Mary N. Bray as
guardian of Birdie Bray.
Pr06ate.-The wills of John Montgomery
and Caroline Harris we're admitted to pro-
bate. The will of Hugh G. Guthrie was pro-
bated with VIM. Brown Patterson and Elliott
q. Fishburn as executors. The will of Addi-
son Ii. Price was probated with Benjamin B.
Houseman as executor. The estate of Jonas
Michael was committed for administration c. t.
Il. to A. B. Lightner, Sheriff Administration
was granted Mrs. Mamie r. VanLear on es-
tate of her late husband, d. N VanLear-
Adam Steward was appointed administrator
with the will annexed of Robert Steward, col.
Notaay.-Joel S. Wallace, of Waynesboro,
qualified as Notary Public.
liquor Lacense.-An ordinary and retail
liquor license was granted to Thos. Jefferson
coli; the same to John N. Grouse, and to W.
T. Terrill, bar-room and retail license, all at
Waynesboro ; a manufacturers and retail IL
cense was granted to David Beard and Henry
Koiner near New Hope to F. E. Bradford,
Fishersville an ordinary and retail license and
to James Steele, Greenville, a bar-room and re-
tail license.
Roads j. M. Kunkle was appointed sur
veyor of Road precinct No. 25 Pastures, and
J F. Bowman and David Wilbarger, No. II
and 90, Middle River District. Several al
teratons of roads were recommended to Board
of Supervisors for establishment
Since the last term of the Court SO deeds and
other writings have been admitted to record
and &c pdrte settlements.
RIGHTS OF LAND OWNERS TO THE Road
In response to inquiries as to the rights OF
land owners to the road, we give the follow
ing from Judge Bennett's law upon the subject:
III a fam deed is bounded by, on, or upon,
a road, it usually extends to the middle of the
roadway. There are few exceptional cases {;
but ordinarily the farmer owns the soil of half
the road, and may use the grass, trees, stones,
gravel, sand, or anything of value to him
either on the land or beneath the surface, sub
ject only to the superior rights of the public to
travel oyer the road, and that Of the highway
surveyor or other similar officer to use such
materials for the repair of the road and these
materials he may cart away and use elsewhere
on the road, yet he has no right to use them
for his own private purposes. No other man
has right to feed his cattle there, or cut the
grass or trees; much less to deposit his wood
old carts, wagons or other things thereon The
owner of drove of cattle which stops to feed
in front of your land, or of drove of pigs
which root up the soil, is responsible to you at
law as much as if they did the same things
inside the fence. No one has a legal right to
pick UP the apples under your trees, al though
the same stand wholly outside the fence No
traveller can hitch his horse to your trees on
the sidewalk without being liable if he gnaws
the bark or otherwise Injuries them You may
unite the horse and remove hi m to some safe
place. If your well stands partly on your
land and partly outside the fence, no neIghbor
can use it, except by your permission. No
man has right to stand in front of your land
and white or deface your fence, throw stones
at your dog, or insult you with abusive Ian
guage without being liable to you for trespass-
ing on your land. He has right to pass in
an orderly and becoming Manner right to
use the road but not to abuse it,"