Faustlin v. Mathis’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “Whether a road is public or private is determined by the extent of the right to use it, not by the extent to which that right is exercised or by the quantity of travel over it. A public roadway exists if the use of the roadway is free and common to all citizens, and [ ] the public has actual access to it. This determination is not wholly dependent on the roadways length, or on the place to which it leads, or on the number • of people who use it.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Stockley

2. “'The elements of common law dedication are: (1) the owner, by unequivocal actions, intended to dedicate the land to public use; (2) the public accepted the dedicated land; and (3) the public is using the dedicated land.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Przybylski v. Barbosa

3. “indicated that the public traditionally had access to and the right to make use of the roadway, however infrequent such travel may have occurred”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Burris v. Mercer County