Tooele City v. Elkington

MOFFAT, Chief Justice.

This action was instituted by the City of Tooele, State of Utah, as a suit to quiet title to a strip of land alleged to have been dedicated as an alley. The land is described in the complaint, as amended, as follows: “Commencing at the Northwest corner of Block 52, Plat ‘A’ Tooele City Survey, South 25.48 rods, West 49.50 feet, to the southeast corner of Block 51, North 25.48 rods, East 49.50 feet to the place of beginning, being in Tooele City, Tooele County, State of Utah.”

The title to the property was quieted in Tooele City. The defendants Lenora and Glen Elkington,…