Turner v. Davisson

The question in this case is whether the respondents have a right to an easement or a right of access to certain portions of their property over certain streets purportedly dedicated in 1890 by the platting of a subdivision known as Lake Steilacoom Park Addition, Pierce county, Washington. The parts of the plat or subdivision involved in the controversy in this case are reproduced in the following map. The map dispenses with the necessity of lengthy and somewhat complicated written descriptions of streets, lots, boundaries, and railroad right of way. Our discussion of the underlying legal…