27 Wis. 492 | Wis. | 1871
For the purposes of this case we shall assume that the plat of New Lisbon which was offered in evidence was properly made out, certified, acknowledged and recorded according to the requirements of the statute. We shall also assume that the words “ Reserved Public Square ” were upon the plat when it was executed and acknowledged by the proprietors; although there is strong testimony in the case which tends to show they were not there at that time, but were subsequently placed there by some one without their knowledge or consent. But, assuming that these words were on the original plat when executed, we still think that they do not necessarily imply that it was the intention of the proprietors to dedicate ■ the square to the public for general purposes, and that it was competent to show that the object of the donation was for a particular public use. The plat was made and recorded on the 6th of September, 1859, upon which it is claimed that block two was designated and marked “Public Square,” or “Reserved
If the words “ Reserved Public Square ” clearly and necessarily imported that the block was. dedicated to
That there is no ground for holding that the defendants are estopped from showing the particular public use to which the square was dedicated, seems to us equally plain. For, as already observed, when the original proprietors conveyed lots nine and ten, in block five, to Lucinda Field, the deed to the county
Upon the whole case, we think the judgment of the circuit court must be reversed, and the cause remanded with directions to dismiss the complaint.
By the Court. — So ordered