Wright

Wright v. CITY OF MORRO BAY

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144 Cal. App. 4th 767·2006 Cal. App. LEXIS 1752·2006 Daily Journal DAR 1482·50 Cal. Rptr. 3d 719
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaNovember 7, 2006B176929California1,931 words

Opinion

Opinion

A.J. Wright and Dan Reddell (collectively "Wright") allege they are the fee owners of a portion of a dedicated street abutting their property because the street was never opened or used for a public purpose. Wright appeals from a judgment of dismissal following an order sustaining respondent City of Morro Bay's (City) demurrer to his first amended complaint without leave to amend. The face of the complaint shows that City accepted the offer of dedication and that no abandonment occurred. We affirm.

The material facts are not in dispute. Wright owns a parcel of real property in the City within the "Cerritos Addition," a subdivision created in 1888. Wright's lot is adjacent to a roadway depicted on the subdivision map as "Jordan Terrace." The City formally accepted Jordan Terrace into its system of public streets in 1935. At the time Wright purchased his lot in 2003, Jordan Terrace was not, and never had been, used as a public street or for any other public purpose.

Wright filed a complaint to quiet title to that portion of Jordan Terrace extending from the boundary of his lot to the centerline of the street. He asserts he possesses fee title to the property because…

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