Opinion ID: 6983
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Water Street

Text: The district court held as to one segment of the property called Water Street that NO 2000 did establish its possessory rights. The City cross-appeals the court's granting NO 2000 possession of Water Street. Unlike the property underlying other streets at issue, the property underlying Water Street was not listed in the 1912 Ordinance as one of the streets to be closed and was never dedicated to public use via sales of adjacent properties 7 River City also asks that we rule on its contention that the City's servitude has been terminated due to abandonment or prescriptive non-use. This question relates to ownership rather than possession of the servitude and is not at issue in a possessory action. 10 with reference to the street or to a map depicting the street. The City's appeal is based on the erroneous assumption that it would have obtained full ownership of the land underlying Water Street through an implied dedication (if one occurred). We reject the notion that implied dedication transfers ownership, as discussed above. Moreover, the City has not shown the district court's finding of no dedication of Water Street to be clearly erroneous. The railroad has possessed the land underlying the former Water Street as well as the other streets at issue, and the City has not shown such possession to have been precarious. The judgment of the district court is affirmed inasmuch as it maintains NO 2000 in possession of the Water Street property.