Flournoy v. Breard

Citations

• 116 La. 224
• 40 So. 684
• 1906 La. LEXIS 490

Syllabus

<p>1. Dedication—Streets—Plat Filed.</p> <p>AVhere a survey has been made of an intended “addition” to a city, and a plat drawn showing the division into squares and lots as surveyed, and the streets by which they are bounded, and this plat is filed in the clerk’s office by the owner of the “addition,” and the lots are sold by him described as bounded by public streets named, laid out in the survey and marked on the plat, it then becomes evident that it was the intention of the owner to dedicate these streets to public use, and he is bound by this dedication. He cannot, after having sold a number of lots as per survey and map, claim ownership of a portion of the streets.</p> <p>[Ed. Note.—For cases in point, see vol. 15, Cent;. Dig. Dedication, §§ 34—47.]</p> <p>2. Same—Lines on Plat.</p> <p>Nearly all the lines drawn on the maps were solid lines, except lines indicating streets on which two of the lots bounded. They were dotted instead of solid lines.</p> <p>3. Same.</p> <p>It cannot be presumed that the streets which they marked were not dedicated to the public use, as well as the others indicated by solid lines.</p> <p>4. Same—Evidence.</p> <p>The portions of the street claimed by defendant passed to the public.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>