Legal Opinion

Hogue v. City of Albina

Oregon Supreme Court

Decided December 16, 1890PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Multnomah county: L. B. Steaens, Judge. Defendants appeal. The plaintiff being the owner of a tract of land in size 1141 feet north and south and 408 feet east and west, within tbe corporate limits of the city of Albina, on April 3, 1889, caused an addition to the city to be laid off, of which, under the name of Albina addition, a map or plan was made, signed, acknowledged, and recorded by him, representing said addition with its streets, lots and blocks, the size and width…

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Multnomah county: L. B. Steaens, Judge. Defendants appeal. The plaintiff being the owner of a tract of land in size 1141 feet north and south and 408 feet east and west, within tbe corporate limits of the city of Albina, on April 3, 1889, caused an addition to the city to be laid off, of which, under the name of Albina addition, a map or plan was made, signed, acknowledged, and recorded by him, representing said addition with its streets, lots and blocks, the size and width thereof being stated thereon. On this plan or map a strip of land about 18 feet wide, along the south side of block 1,…

1Opinion of the CourtBean, J.

— The contention of the defendant is, that plaintiff by making and exhibiting to intending purchasers the second map or plat of Albina addition showing the north line of Morris street to be a continuous straight line, and by selling lots with reference to this plat, thereby dedicated to the public the south fourteen feet of block 1 of this addition as shown on the recorded plat. It is not claimed that plaintiff ever expressly dedicated this strip of land to the public, or ever bad any express intention so to do, but it is *186sought to conclude him, upon the ground that he has suffered the public…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Holdane v. . Trustees of the Village of Cold SpringNew York Court of Appeals · 1860
  2. Carter v. City of PortlandOregon Supreme Court · 1873
  3. Shellhouse v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
  4. Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge Co. v. BachmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
  5. McCormick v. Mayor of BaltimoreCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1877

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Boise City v. HonIdaho Supreme Court · 1908
  2. Lewis v. City of PortlandOregon Supreme Court · 1893
  3. Parrott v. StewartOregon Supreme Court · 1913
  4. McCoy v. ThompsonOregon Supreme Court · 1917
  5. Nicholas v. Title & Trust Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1916

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