Gunn v. Fontes

WOOD (Fred B.), J.

Upon defendants’ appeal from a judgment declaring that a certain road across defendant Fred Fontes’ land is a public road and is 14 feet wide, defendants claim the evidence is insufficient to show (1) an offer to dedicate to a public use, (2) acceptance by the public of the offer, or (3) that the road is 14 feet wide.

The offer appeared upon a subdivision map entitled “Map of Van Hoosear Tract” which depicted several parcels of land and across some of them certain roads, including the road in suit, indicated by parallel broken lines and the designation “common road” (except…