All roads and ferries laid out or appointed agreeably to law are to be deemed public roads and ferries.
Code 1858, § 1182 (deriv. Acts 1804, ch. 1, § 1; 1819, ch. 26, § 1); Acts 1891, ch. 1, § 1; integrated in Shan., § 1617; Code 1932, § 2727; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-901.
Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 10 Tenn. Juris., Eminent Domain, § 71; 23 Tenn. Juris., Streets and Highways, §§ 2, 8.
Attorney General Opinions. A city or county may not charge a toll or fee on a county or state highway or at the border with another state without express legislative authority, OAG 01-143 (9/4/01).
Comparative Legislation. Establishment of public roads:
Ala. Code §11-3-10.
Ark. Code §27-66-202 et seq.
Ga. O.C.G.A. §32-1-1 et seq.
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 180.010 et seq.; § 184.010 et seq.
Miss. Code Ann. §65-7-1 et seq.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 228.010 et seq.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-44.1; § 136-82.
Va. Code § 33.1-25 et seq.
Cited: Henry County v. Summers, 547 S.W.2d 247, 1976 Tenn. App. LEXIS 227 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1976).