DelBuono v. Brown Boat Works, Inc.

Opinion

SPEAR, J.

This declaratory judgment action was brought to determine the littoral rights of the plaintiffs and the defendant, whose adjoining properties border the Housatonic River in Stratford. Central to the dispute is a row of piles driven by the defendant in the early 1960s that intrude into the water in front of the plaintiffs’ property. On appeal, the defendant claims that in determining the parties’ littoral boundary line the trial court improperly (1) failed to find an express agreement between the parties setting the littoral boundary along a line defined by the row of piles,…