Hooper v. Haas

Mr. Justice; Stone;

delivered the opinion of the court:

Bertha F. Hooper filed a petition to register certain real estate in the village of Riverside under the Torrens law. The village answered the petition, asserting that the lot in question had been dedicated as a street and accepted and improved by the village as such. The village also filed a cross-petition asking for a registrar’s certificate to the effect that it held an easement for the uses and purposes of a street in the lot. The matter was referred to the examiner, who found that petitioner was entitled to register the land in her…