City of Napa v. Howland
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Napa County, and from an order denying a new trial. The land in controversy was included within the exterior boundaries of a tract deeded to Nathan Coombs oil the 6th of December, 1848, by one Nicholas Higuera, a grantee of the Mexican government.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Napa County, and from an order denying a new trial. The land in controversy was included within the exterior boundaries of a tract deeded to Nathan Coombs oil the 6th of December, 1848, by one Nicholas Higuera, a grantee of the Mexican government. The Thompson map referred to in the opinion was a recorded map of a portion of the city of Napa, made by the county surveyor for Joseph B. Thompson on the 22d of April, 1857, and was allowed in evidence subject to being supported by the evidence as to whether it was made by a real owner of the premises…
1Opinion of the CourtPaterson, J.
This is an action of ejectment. The main question involved in the issues is, whether the lands *86in controversy have ever been dedicated for the use of the public as a levee and street. The court found*, from the evidence, that the property was dedicated to public use by the owners thereof about the yéar 1850, and that ever since said dedication the land has, by direction of the owners of the fee thereof, been designated and represented on the maps of the city of Napa as public streets and levees; that the public used the same exclusively until March 1, 1875, when defendant, without authority…
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