Town of Manitou v. International Trust Co.
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from the District Court of El Paso County. On the 12th of February, 1874, The Colorado Springs -Company, being the proprietor of certain lands in El Paso county, caused to be executed and acknowledged, and filed for record, a certain plat of said lands which is entitled: “Map of Manitou, El Paso, County, Colorado. ’ ’ On this map no words are used by which the streets, alleys, avenues, parks, paths, or other public places are dedicated to the public, ’ although in the…
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Appeal from the District Court of El Paso County. On the 12th of February, 1874, The Colorado Springs -Company, being the proprietor of certain lands in El Paso county, caused to be executed and acknowledged, and filed for record, a certain plat of said lands which is entitled: “Map of Manitou, El Paso, County, Colorado. ’ ’ On this map no words are used by which the streets, alleys, avenues, parks, paths, or other public places are dedicated to the public, ’ although in the acknowledgment language is employed indicating an intention to make a statutory dedication. The following appears upon…
1Opinion
*482 Upon Petition for Rehearing.
By Mr. Justice Steele.
In the opinion, it Was held that municipal authorities cannot base their right to public places upon the act of a proprietor of land in selling lots by reference to a plat upon which such public places are designated; and that, until there has been an acceptance, the act of the proprietor in selling lots amounts to a mere offer to dedicate and can be withdrawn. In the petition for rehearing, it is stated that this holding is contrary to the doctrine announced in City v. Clements, 3 Colo., 472; Ward v. Farwell, 6 Colo., 66; Mouat v. City, 21…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- City of Denver v. ClementsSupreme Court of Colorado · 1877
- John Mouat Lumber Co. v. City of DenverSupreme Court of Colorado · 1895
- City of Denver v. Denver & Santa Fe Railway Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1892
- Ward v. FarwellSupreme Court of Colorado · 1881
- Trine v. City of PuebloSupreme Court of Colorado · 1895