Hardin

It is alleged in the complaint in this case that the plaintiff had been the owner and in possession of a certain described tract of land in Sonoma county, consisting of two hundred acres, continuously for thirteen years; that he had also, during the same time, been the owner and in possession of a certain described private way or road, leading from his said land over other land to a public road, which private road, during all of said time, he had used and traveled over on foot and on horseback, and -with wagons and other vehicles, claiming to own the same openly, notoriously, and adversely to all the world, and without let or hindrance from any one; that on or about December 25, 1894, the defendant, H. G-. Sin Claire, and James G. Fair obstructed the said road so that plaintiff could not pass or repass over the same; that Fair died on December 27,1894, and shortly thereafter the other defendants, Goodfellow, Angus, Breese, and Carothers, were appointed special administrators of his estate, with power to act for said estate, and to defend actions for and on behalf thereof, and ever since have been acting as such; that ever since their appointment they and said Sin Claire have…