Dixon v. Cole

Benham, Justice.

Appellant Wilma Jean Botts Dixon and all the appellees individually own 19 lots of what they believed was lakefront property in a subdivision on Lake Blue Ridge in Fannin County. The descriptions of the property in the deeds conveying the lots put the waterfront boundary at the 1,700-foot contour line. Due to concerns about the ownership of the area below the 1,700-foot contour line (Lake Blue Ridge’s maximum flood level purportedly being at the 1,690-foot contour line), the grantors of the lots executed a number of quitclaim deeds purporting to transfer to the individual lot…