Huber v. Gazley
Ohio Supreme Court
This is a bill in chancery, reserved in Clermont county. The bill in this case sets forth that the complainant, who sues for himself and other owners of real estate in the town of Williamsburgh, in the county of Clermont, is seized and possessed of 'Sundry lots of land in said town, designated on the plat thereof as in-lots numbered 323, 325, 329, 330, 331, 332 and 333, and situated near to, and one of them immediately adjoining, a tract of land, of about five acres, known…
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This is a bill in chancery, reserved in Clermont county. The bill in this case sets forth that the complainant, who sues for himself and other owners of real estate in the town of Williamsburgh, in the county of Clermont, is seized and possessed of 'Sundry lots of land in said town, designated on the plat thereof as in-lots numbered 323, 325, 329, 330, 331, 332 and 333, and situated near to, and one of them immediately adjoining, a tract of land, of about five acres, known and described on said plat as the public square. That as early as the year 1796, one William Lytle, who then owned the…
1Opinion of the CourtSpalding, J.
The evidence in this case shows very conclusively that when the town of Williamsburg!) was laid out by Gen. Lytle in 1796 or 1797, the ground in controversy, consisting of about 5£ acres, lying in an oblong shape, was left entire and undivided, near the centre of the town, and surrounded on all sides by streets and village lots. The plat of the town was undoubtedly made out at the time, as many ancient deeds, brought forward as exhibits in the cause, refer to it in direct terms; but as there was then no law in existence requir ing town plats to be recorded, it is lost sight of, in the…
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