Pierce v. Riley

Plaintiffs, riparian land owners, filed suit for a declaration of rights and to enjoin defendant real estate developers from granting easements of rights-of-way for access to Stony Lake to non-riparian lot owners.

Stony Lake has an area of approximately 278 acres and there are about 138 owners having frontage on the lake.

Defendants own land on the northeasterly part of the lake which they have subdivided into the plat of Holiday Shores containing 91 lots. Lot 91 is 200 feet wide and has about 374 feet of frontage on Stony Lake when measured at an angle. Defendants dug a channel about 80 feet…