Bruce v. Garges

Eighteen years after this land registration action was originally filed, the trial court entered its final order to establish the respective rights of the property owners on the one hand and their predecessor in title, the Bruce family, on the other, to accreted land in the East Beach subdivision of St. Simons Island. The Bruces 1 appeal claiming the trial court erred in failing to more narrowly define the extent of the property owners’ recreational and access easements in the area to be registered.

The question whether the owners of lots in the subdivision possessed an easement to enjoy the…