County of Yolo v. Barney

Citations

• 79 Cal. 375

Syllabus

<p>County Hospital—Dedication of Land to Public Use—Right of Revocation—Adverse Possession—Statute of Limitations—Public Policy. — Land purchased by the board of supervisors of a county, and applied for the erection of a county hospital thereon, is dedicated to a public use, and there can he no adverse possession of any part thereof which can subject it to the operation of the statute of limitations. The fact that the county has a right to revoke or discontinue the use, or apply the land to another public use, or sell it in a statutory and limited way, cannot affect the dedication, or cause the statute of limitations to apply.</p>