Man Decides To Lock Up His Entire Alley After His Neighbours Threatened To Sue Him If They Tripped And Fell There

On a normal day, the alleyway belongs to the city. Therefore, people have the same right to use the alleyway as they do on a public sidewalk or street.

But there are times when we see some people who tell you that you have no right or no business being in an alleyway even if that is public. The fact remains that you are free to wander up and down an alleyway as often as you wish unless it is private property or has a no-trespassing sign where it might belong to someone, the county or state authorities.

The narrator of today's story bought a house in his area, and he says that it is a really wonderful old red brick. When the OP was in the process of buying it, he discovered that the purchase also included the entirety of the alley.

The OP asked the realtor if this was true, and they said yes. The OP didn't fully believe him, so he went to the courthouse to double-check and he confirmed it to be true.

The OP went ahead to buy the house, and he met some of the neighbors as well. He made a joke about charging them rent to use his alley, but they flipped out.

Winter comes, and this same neighbor tells the OP to plow it every time it snows because he owns the alley and is responsible for it. Well, the OP did and went further to lock it down, which got the neighbors riled up.