Legal Opinion
Opinion No. (2005)
California Attorney General Reports
Decided July 14, 2005Published
1Opinion of the Court
BILL LOCKYER Attorney General SUSAN DUNCAN LEE Deputy Attorney General
THE HONORABLE STEPHEN SHANE STARK, COUNTY COUNSEL, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, has requested an opinion on the following question:
Did the repeal of Streets and Highways Code section 905 in 1961 cause counties to obtain fee title ownership pursuant to the presumption of Civil Code section 1105 to any county highway where the deed conveying the land under the highway was ambiguous with respect to the interest intended to be transferred to the county?
CONCLUSION
The repeal of Streets and Highways Code section 905 in 1961 did not…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- California Teachers Ass'n v. San Diego Community College DistrictCalifornia Supreme Court · 1981
- Security Pacific National Bank v. WozabCalifornia Supreme Court · 1990
- Williams v. GarcettiCalifornia Supreme Court · 1993
- City of Manhattan Beach v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1996
- People v. ThompsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1954
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