Board of County Commissioners v. City of Oskaloosa

Citations

• 80 Kan. 587
• 102 P. 1095
• 1909 Kan. LEXIS 118

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Court-house Square — Dedication—County Liable for Local Assessments. Where a block in a town plat is designated as a “public square,” and in the certification to the plat the streets, alleys and the square designated on the plat are dedicated to the use of the public and to the town, the legal title to the public square vests in the county; and where a county takes possession of such square by building a court-house thereon, and continuously occupies the square for more than forty .years, the county is liable for the payment of an assessment made by an ordinance of the city for the cost of macadamizing and curbing the streets abutting upon the public square.</p>