Klinkert v. City of Racine

Crownhart, J.(1) In making the surveys and plats and causing the same to be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of Racine county, Herrick seems to have complied with all the requirements of ch. 47 of the Laws of 1858, then in force. 1 Taylor’s Revised Statutes, ch. 47, sec. 4. Neither these statutes nor the charter of the city of Racine contains any requirement of acceptance of the plat. Under the common law no acceptance is required. It is sufficient, both under the common law and under the statutes cited, that the city make use of the streets and alleys dedicated, or improve the…