Brown v. Manning
Ohio Supreme Court
This is a suit in chancery reserved in the county.of Miami. The plaintiff is the owner of town lots Nos. 51 and 52, in the town of Piqua. The defendants are the heirs of Manning, who, with Caldwell, were the original proprietors of the land.
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This is a suit in chancery reserved in the county.of Miami. The plaintiff is the owner of town lots Nos. 51 and 52, in the town of Piqua. The defendants are the heirs of Manning, who, with Caldwell, were the original proprietors of the land. In 1807 the town of Piqua was laid out by them, and a plat made, subscribed, and acknowledged by them, by their agent, A. Brandon, and recorded, Upon this map the lots are numbered, the streets named, field notes are appended, in which some of the lots are described as “ lying next the public squareand a piece of ground near the middle is mai’ked “P.…
1Opinion of the CourtLane, J.
The subject .of appropriations for public purposes has of late been frequently under the consideration of courts in our country; and it is now well settled that where lands are dedicated by the owner to any lawful use, public, pious, or charitable, and are used for the object, and in the manner contemplated by the owner, it inures as’ a grant. The existence of a grantee is not essential to the validity of such dedication, nor is any particular form of words necessary to give it effect. If accepted and used by the public in the manner intended, it works an estoppel in pais, precluding the…
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