Ramthun v. Halfman
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Colorado. Tried below before the Hon. Everett Lewis. This suit was brought July 24, 1880, by J. H. Halfman against appellant, alleging that in 1854 one Wm.
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Appeal from Colorado. Tried below before the Hon. Everett Lewis. This suit was brought July 24, 1880, by J. H. Halfman against appellant, alleging that in 1854 one Wm. Freís, deceased, donated and dedicated to the public a certain parcel of land, described in the petition, for a road or lane, and that the public and the people owning adjoining lands accepted the donation and used the lane as a public road from the date of the donation to the 1st of April, 1880, at which time appellant obstructed the same; that Freís from the date of the donation to the date of his death in March, 1870,…
1Opinion of the Court
Watts, J. Com. App.
A highway may be created by a dedication. or donation by the owner of his lands for that purpose, when such dedication has been accepted or recognized as a highway by the proper public authorities, or when the same has been accepted and used as such by the public. Noyes v. Ward, 19 Conn., 250; State v. Wilson, 42 Me., 9; Holcroft v. King, 25 Ind., 352; State v. Atherton, 16 N. H., 203; Princeton v. Templeton, 71 Ill., 68.
An intent to dedicate the land for the purpose of the highway by the owner must be shown by his acts and declarations; and such acts and declarations…
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- Town of Princeton v. TempletonIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
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