BARNEY v. KEOKUK


94 U.S. 324 (1876)

BARNEY v. KEOKUK.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George W. McCrary for the plaintiff in error.

Mr. Robert G. Ingersoll for the defendants in error.


MR. JUSTICE BRADLEY, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

We agree with the court below that the dedication of the streets of Keokuk was a dedication at common law, and not under the statute; and that, in making this dedication, the original proprietors of the tract reserved the title to the soil in the street, particularly in Water Street; and that this title went with the several lots fronting on the...

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