RECENT CALIFORNIA DECISIONS

October 2002

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Historic Road through Yuba County Goldfields, Offered for Dedication by the United States and Accepted and Held By Yuba County, Remains a Public Road
Western Aggregates, Inc. v. County of Yuba

In an unusually scholarly opinion, chronicling the history of California land use and dedication policies from 1851 to the present, the Third District Court of Appeal recently held that a landowner may not bar the public from using what remains of the historic Marysville-Nevada road, and that the public has a right-of-way through the Yuba County Goldfields in the approximate location of the historic road.