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Thompson v. Enz

154 N.W.2d 473, 379 Mich. 667, 1967 Mich. LEXIS 110
Michigan Supreme Court·Decided December 4, 1967·No. Calendar 6, Docket 51,479·Published·Cited by 61 cases

Opinions

T. M. Kavanagh, J.

Plaintiffs filed a complaint in the Barry county circuit court against defendants claiming violation of their rights as riparian owners on Gun lake and seeking a declaratory judgment to that effect. Both parties moved for summary judgment. Plaintiffs were granted the relief requested.

Defendants appealed to the Court of Appeals, which reversed the judgment of the trial court and directed that summary judgment be entered for defendants.

Leave to appeal to this Court was granted.

This case concerns certain property rights in and around Gun lake, which is situated partly in Barry county and partly in Allegan county. The parties agree that this lake has approximately 2,680 acres of surface area and approximately 30 miles of shoreline.

The defendant corporation is a contract purchaser of a riparian parcel of land having approximately 1,415 feet of frontage on said lake, and the individual [675] defendants are the sole stockholders of the corporation.

Plaintiffs are riparian owners of other property abutting Gun lake.

The State of Michigan sought and was granted permission in the trial court to file a brief amicus curiae. The State is a riparian owner of a large parcel of land abutting the lake.

Defendants are in the process of developing and subdividing their parcel of land into from 144 to 153 lots. Of these lots, approximately 16 will abut on the natural shoreline of the lake. The remainder of the lots will front on canals. To give the back lot purchasers access to the lake the defendants’ plan calls for excavating across riparian lots Nos. 13 and 76. (See attached plat.)

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Thompson v. Enz, 154 N.W.2d 473, 379 Mich. 667, 1967 Mich. LEXIS 110 (Mich. 1967).

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