Metcalf v. Black Dog Realty, LLC

STROUD, Judge.

George Willis Pack conveyed real property to Buncombe County in 1901 for use as a site for a new courthouse and county offices, in exchange for the County’s dedication of the old courthouse site “forever to be used for the purpose of a public square park or place . . ..” A small portion of the real property which Pack . conveyed to Buncombe County, known as the “Old County Jail Lot” is the subject of this action. This case presents the legal issue of whether there was an express or implied dedication of the property Pack conveyed to-the County for irrevocable public use for the…