Davidow
Davidow v. Griswold
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Burnett, J.
This is an action to quiet title and the main question is whether plaintiffs are estopped from denying the dedication of certain parks and streets as delineated on a map of the townsite of Los Guilieos, afterward lmown as Kenwood, in the county of Sonoma. There is little controversy as to the vital facts, most of them having been stipulated at the trial. It is not disputed that two maps were filed, one on the ninth day of August, 1887, entitled, “Map of the Town of Los Guilieos, Sonoma County, Cal.,” and the other on the twentieth day of February, 1893, entitled, “Revised map of the town of Kenwood, formerly Los Guilieos, Sonoma Co., California,” and that the latter was a duplicate of the former except as to the name of the town.
It is admitted hy appellants that, by reason of the filing- of these maps, there was an offer of dedication of the property in controversy, but it is contended that the offer was not accepted and it was afterward withdrawn and revoked.
On the other hand, respondents claim that, by reason of the filing of these maps and the sale of many lots in accordance therewith, an acceptance of the offer of dedication was necessarily implied and that thereby the…