Adams v. Rowles

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• holding “conveyance of lots according 24 to a plat or plan of a town implies to the purchasers ‘that the streets and other public places, indicated as such upon the plan, shall be forever open to the use of the public’”
• respondent's chain of title showed dedication of roadway, and respondent was charged with knowledge of its existence and \took his land burdened with the roadway\
• respondent’s chain of title showed dedication of roadway, and respondent was charged with knowledge of its existence and “took his land burdened with the roadway”
• a trespass to try title to land suit filed by an individual against Pecos County concerning the sale of lots which included a public dedication of a road by reference to a recorded plat
• held that the sale of lots by reference to a recorded plat constitutes, as between the grantor and grantee, a dedication of the streets and alleys designated in the plat, though not yet open, and implies that the streets shall be forever open to the use of the public

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).