City of San Francisco v. Sharp

Citations

• 125 Cal. 534
• 58 P. 173
• 1899 Cal. LEXIS 895

Syllabus

<p>Statutory Construction.—A statute relied upon as conferring rights to a governmental gratuity is to he strictly construed.</p> <p>San Francisco “Hospital Lot”—Dedication to Public Use—Original Possessor not Entitled to Compensation.—One claiming under an original possessor of pueblo land which was more than one-twentieth part of the lot designated on the Van Ness map as a “hospital lot,” and which was dedicated to public use under the ordinances ratified by the act of March 11, 1858, and the confirmatory act of Congress of July 1, 1864, has no title or estate in the lot which could be asserted against the United States, the state or the city, and is not entitled under section 6 of the Van Ness ordinance to any compensation as a condition precedent to the quieting of the title of the city to such “hospital lot.”</p> <p>Id.—Terms of Ordinance No. 822 Superseded by Ratification of Van Ness Map.—The terms of section 6 of the Van Ness ordinance were superseded so far as inconsistent with the Van Ness map showing the reservation of lots, blocks, and squares for public use, and with the order adopting said map, and the legislative ratification thereof, which operated immediately to dedicate the lots to public use.</p>