City of Florence v. Florence Land & Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from' Circuit Court, Lauderdale County; C. P. Almon, Judge. Bill' by the City of Florence against the Florence Land & Lumber Company and another to enjoin the destruction of Monumental Park, alleged to have been dedicated to a public use.
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Appeal from' Circuit Court, Lauderdale County; C. P. Almon, Judge. Bill' by the City of Florence against the Florence Land & Lumber Company and another to enjoin the destruction of Monumental Park, alleged to have been dedicated to a public use. From a decree for respondents, complainant "appeals. • See former reports of this case in' 199 Ala. 580, 75 South. 20, and 193 Ala. 179, 69 South. 109. There was a common-law dedication under the evidence and allegations of the ’ bill; ¡ 4 McQuillin, Mun. Corp. p. 3234; 70 Ala.' 594; 93 Cal. 43, 28 Pac. 839, 16 L. R. A. 147; 172 Ala. 56, 55 South.…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
The ultimate object of this bill is to have determined whether a-plot of land in Florence, Ala., commonly called Monumental Park, was dedicated, in 1887-88, to the public use by the Florence Land, Mining & Manufacturing Company, a corporation then owning this tract, with other adjacent lands, and to the title to which the Florence Land Company, the appellee, has succeeded, if its dedication was not effected.
[1] The burden to establish a dedication to public use is on the party asserting it, and to establish a dedication the “clearest intention” on the part of the owner to effect a dedication…
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