Demers v. City of Montpelier

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that to transfer private property to public domain, there must be dedication by landowner and affirmative acceptance by public authority
• “[N]either the dedication of the property nor the use by members of the public, generally, will transfer private property rights and liabilities into the public domain.”
• “[Njeither the dedication of the property nor the use by members of the public generally will transfer private property rights and liabilities into the public domain.”
• although cost of construction was properly before the court, “the cost could not fix the compensation” because cost and value “are not the same in fact or law”
• “A public way is established by statutory condemnation or by dedication and acceptance”
• “A public way is established by statutory condemnation or by dedication and acceptance”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).