20 S.C.L. 387 | S.C. Ct. App. | 1834
We agree with the judge below, that this ver-diet cannot be sustained on the ground of prescription. Twenty years have not elapsed since the church was erected to which the road leads'; a less time has never been held in this State to be sufficient to establish that immemorial usage which would give either a public or a private right of way.
The road in dispute cannot be regarded as a highway. A way to a church, it is agreed by all the English law writers, is private and not public. In the case of Smith v. Kinard,
It is not pretended’that there is any liability on the inhabitants to keep this road in repair.
The motion for a new trial is granted
Not reported.