Streeter v. Stalnaker’s Empirical Analysis

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4 federal appellate · 19 state decisions

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1. ““By this act (U. S. Rev. St. § 2477) the government consented that any of its lands not reserved for a public purpose might be taken and used for public roads. The statute was a standing offer of a free right of way over the public domain, and as soon as it was accepted in an appropriate manner by the agents of the public, or the public itself, a highway was established. McRose v. Bottyer, 81 Cal. 122 [ 22 Pac. 393 ]. What the Hamilton county authorities did was perhaps insufficient to show the establishment of a road under the general road law, but was enough, we think, to indicate an acceptance of the government's bounty, and that is all that was required to create an easement. * * *””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Mills v. Glasscock · Hughes v. Veal