Webb v. Franks Investment Co.

hi respectfully dissent, remaining of the view that the district court properly interpreted the four dedications and subsequent documents in this case. The majority has adequately laid out the content of the dedications and correctly identified them as formal dedications. However, it has skirted the law in its zeal to avoid an unpalatable result. The supreme court, in its most recent ruling on the subject, St. Charles Parish School Bd. v. P & L Inv. Corp., 95-2571, p. 5-6 (La.5/21/96), 674 So.2d 218, at 221, plainly stated:

A formal dedication transfers ownership of the property to the public…