City of Hutchinson v. Danley

Citations

• 88 Kan. 437
• 129 P. 163
• 1913 Kan. LEXIS 363

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. City Park—^Vacation—-“Adjacent” Lot Owners—Title. The ordinary meaning of the word “adjacent” is close, lying near to but not actually touching.</p> <p>2. - Same. In section 5 of chapter 190 of the Laws of 1877, an act relating to the vacation of town sites and parts thereof, it was provided:</p> <p>“The alleys, streets or other public reservations so vacated shall revert to the owner or owners of lots adjacent or abutting thereto, according to the frontage of said lots or. land.”</p> <p>Held, that the word “adjacent” as there used applies To and includes lots fronting on a vacated park which is surrounded by streets, and under that provision the park when so vacated reverted to the owners of such lots.</p>