established under ~petihl aadura.~ (&a Artlole 69ll, Vornon'a Annotated Civil &atuta# p" ~.. ; w^ In th8 base oi Jantason1. Erwin. County Judge. et al, 91 S. W. (Zd) il%O, It ia stated:
*It :a well aattlad by aany deolafonaor oar appellate oourta that a.atriot oomplianciawith tha.statqt&ryproYfaionacentainadin OhaBtor 8, title 116, Revlead Civil Statute8 (artlola6708, at seq.) i8 nsoeaaary to oonrer jurisdictionon the ~oPrmlaaio~era~oourt to lay out and eatabllab~ the pcibltoroad8 in thfa state. EaverbekkauY. Halo, 109 Tes,.1066 804 8. W. 11681 Hlllb. TayloLor-60unty. (Teri Oiv. 4pp.J eV4 ,S.E. 8d&, ana ,authoritlea thorn alted.,
*Phe isOt that th8 portion Of tha road manning through the land~aorthor the Ilmnoaoa traot &d bean in uao a8 a neighborhood 'road for the oonven- ienoe 0r taiti8bna0r that lmmadiatecomity ror over 40 years, a8 found by the trial court, did not establish its statue aa a statutorypablio road Of the third olaaa to be auparplsedby ths oounty oomalaaionerain aoaordanuerfth tha pro- vtaiona or artiole 6113, Rev'.Civ. Statutes.*I**
There ie nothing in the order of the oo.zutiasionera* oourt, as quoted above, that would indioatethat tha road designatedas liouorable Fred~ 0. Jay@, page 4
%oighborhuada road was established aa a neighborhood road under the provisions oi Alrtiolo Wll, Vornon*a &mot&ted Ciril Statutes, OF that auoh r~oad was deaignatad and established by the comaia- atoners* wurt and olmaaifiad as oi the rlret, asooud or third olaaa. gtated. another way, thsre' is nothing In the foregoing or,der of tU ooaw&aaionera* aaurt indicatingthat tha "neighborhoodW' rod wati~aetabllah&d by the oommlaslonera oo& by statutory pro- oaedluga or o.thaa~iae. In view or the roregoing authoritlea,It is our opinion I that tha %aighbOrhood" road la Rat a pub110 road established by the oomufaslonora* oourt undertha provisionsot Chapter 8, Title ll6,. Verum*a Annotated Cirll Statqtaa. Cauarally apeakin~, it is well aatabliehad~ that to the aouuty authorities there la raaanad the right to lay out., eatabliah.aul mintaln publ.io roads,. notwlthataudiag there may'be publio roads naither laid out or maintaina& by tlm oounty, ai?, for inatarioe, by dadioatlon~ Pr 'preaariptlvo use:. It is. stated in the baas oi Rotfmfinv. Bgnnnt,~ 101 8. W. ted) 600:
** *. * It la the settled law of tide state that a publis highway may be oreated by a loon& UBS by $h8 publlo~oarried on in eooh a uanaer~and peraiete~ in ror auoh a length of bims as ta give a .right by p??aaorlpt~on dr Liplitation. 'Porter Y. Johuaun (Ter. Cit; App.) 151 a. II. 6991 81 Tu. Jur. b4g1+9,~~550c The authoritlsa reoogunize the diffioulty in anforo- lag the law of iltaltation as it ralatea to P publio road. See MeSkal v. DariS (Tex. Clv, 'ARp.) 39 8. W9. (gdj 'llC6; 6~%r. Law Rev. SOS. Rut natwithstanding the ditrloulty or,ita application, the pub110 oan aoqulre a preacrlptive right to a publfo road. * * *"
Whether the ~noighborhood" road hereinvolved is a publio road oreated by a loug use by the publlo.oarvied on in suoh a manner and persisted in ior such a length of tL.ka -98 to gire