City of Sacramento v. Clunie

This is an action of ejectment brought hy the city of Sacramento to recover the possession of certain lands •claimed to be public streets. The city’s right to recover is based upon an alleged dedication hy the owners to the public as streets. Defendant, and his grantors have been in the adverse and exclusive possession thereof, claiming title thereto, for more than forty years, and have erected improvements thereon to the value of at least twenty thousand dollars. The trial court found as a fact that the lands described in the complaint were never dedicated to public use, and rendered…