Harper v. Coats

I. Background

The issue in this dispute concerning the public or private nature of streets in a subdivision located outside a municipality is whether the recording of the plat for the subdivision, which properly identified the streets in question, constituted a dedication of those streets to the public. We hold that it did, and we affirm.

Sun Ridge Valley Road and Blue Ridge Drive run through and next to the Blue Ridge subdivision, located in Monroe County, outside the city limits of Monroeville. William C. Harper created the subdivision by recording a plat in the Monroe County Probate Court.…