Commonwealth v. Moorehead

Citations

• 118 Pa. 344
• 20 W.N.C. 485
• 12 A. 424
• 1888 Pa. LEXIS 397

Syllabus

<p>1. The dedication of a private alley to public use by the owner of the land will not make it a public street unless accepted as such by the municipality; but, where the street or alley was a part of the original recorded plan of the town, and, as such, in existence and used by the public for over fifty years, the acceptance will be presumed, though no work was done upon it.</p> <p>2. Adverse possession by an individual for over twenty-one years, of a portion of a highway, so dedicated and presumed to have been accepted, will not bar the right of the public to the use and enjoyment of the whole width.</p>