Opinion ID: 1808742
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Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Conduct of Sponheim

Text: We find that when appellants' predecessors in interest moved their respective fences and gave their land to Meade County to be used for a public road, allowed installation of a drainage ditch along the road, and accepted road maintenance and snow removal from Meade County, they demonstrated conduct which clearly expressed the intention to dedicate. The evidence shows that from 1973 until 1980, the appellees performed repair and maintenance work on the road on an annual basis. This included blading and gravel work on the road surface, mowing grass on the sides of the road, and plowing snow. The evidence further shows that Smith's husband, Homer Smith, similarly maintained the road from 1946 until approximately 1977. The Meade County Highway Department maintained the roadway, the ditch, and performed grading and graveling work on the road by its county crews from 1975 until 1978. Neither the appellants, nor their predecessors in title, have objected to the appellees, Homer Smith, or Meade County's general maintenance and snow removal upon the road. We find that the appellants' acceptance of these actions manifested their intent to impliedly dedicate their property as a public road.