LoPresti v. Burry

GOOLSBY, J.:

John and Janice LoPresti appeal the grant of summary judgment to John Burry and the Rabón Creek Watershed Conservation District of Fountain Inn in their lawsuit arising from their purchase of a home encumbered by a flood easement. We affirm.

In the summer of 1976, Burry bought 172 acres of land, known as tract 34, in Greenville and Laurens counties. Several months later, in conjunction with a federal flood control project, Rabón Creek requested and received an easement from Burry for the construction of a dam on tract 34 and the impoundment of water to create Lake Beulah. Rabón…