City & County of San Francisco v. Burr

Citations

• 108 Cal. 460
• 41 P. 482
• 1895 Cal. LEXIS 874

Syllabus

<p>Laguna Survey in San Francisco—Dedication op Street—Delineation upon Map—Alcalde Grants—Public User.—The delineation upon the map of the Laguna survey in San Francisco of a space corresponding to a street, with numbered lots on each side thereof, created the easement of a right of way in favor of the grantees’ lots abutting thereon, and indicated an intention on the part of the town to dedicate the space as a highway.</p> <p>Ed.—Surrender os Easement—Abandonment op Highway.—The grantees of the lots may lose or surrender the easement created for them, and the public can also abandon or discontinue a highway after its dedication has become complete.</p> <p>Id.—Power op Legislature — Revocation op Street.—A street when dedicated becomes the property of the whole state, which by its legislature can deal with or dispose of it at its pleasure, and may revoke it in part or in whole.</p> <p>Id.—Change op Streets—Van Ness Ordinance—Adoption op Van Ness Map—Cessation op Highway.—The adoption of the Van Ness map by the Van Ness ordinance of the city of San Francisco, and its confirmation by the legislature, caused the streets delineated thereon to become open public highways, and where such map shows the change of a street from the space delineated upon the map formerly kept in the alcalde’s office, known as the Laguna survey, the space designated upon the map of that survey ceased to be a public highway.</p>