Opinion ID: 1115672
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Alley Dispute

Text: In order to prevail on this issue, the City needed to show that the public used the alleys [3] before 1940 in such a way as to encroach on the north and east boundaries of Survey 2541. The testimony relied on by the City for this point is inapposite because it refers to the 1940's, rather than pre-1940. Likewise, pictures submitted by the City clearly show worn paths very close to the house on the northeast corner of Survey 2541, but these pictures were taken in the mid or late 1950's. There simply was no evidence that would have allowed the superior court to conclude that before 1940 the public used the alleys in such a manner as to accept the § 932 grant. As such, the superior court's award of summary judgment in the alley dispute on the basis of § 932 was error.