Le Clercq v. Trustees of Town of Gallipolis
Ohio Supreme Court
This is a bill in chancery, brought by five citizens-of the town of Gallipolis owning lots adjoining the public square, to assert the property of the inhabitants of the town in it, and to restrain the defendants from converting it to any other use.
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This is a bill in chancery, brought by five citizens-of the town of Gallipolis owning lots adjoining the public square, to assert the property of the inhabitants of the town in it, and to restrain the defendants from converting it to any other use. In October, 1790, a colony of Frenchmen was introduced into the territory northwest of the Ohio by an association called the Scioto Company, who contracted to sell them lands, including a city, to be laid off near the mouth of the Great Kanawha. As delays occurred in the progress of the settlement, the company stipulated to give each colonist one…
1Opinion of the Court
Judge Lane
delivered the opini on of the court:
No perticular words or ceremonies, or form of conveyances, is necessary to render the act of dedicating land to public uses effectual. Anything which fully demonstrates the intention of the donor, or the acceptance by the public, works the effect. The beneficial interest in the land was in the colonists since 1780. The legal title was acquired by their ^trustees in 1796, and it is convincingly, shown that all parties have united in some act of dedication for the use of a public square. The original survey of the town left the ground for this…
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