Legal Opinion
Portage County Board of Commissioners v. City of Akron
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided March 6, 2006No. 2004-0783PublishedCited by 147 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Donnell, J.
{¶ 1} In this appeal, we are called upon to clarify the nature and extent of the rights to use the Cuyahoga River acquired by the city of Akron in 1911 from an act of the Ohio General Assembly and a deed signed by then Governor Judson Harmon, to determine the effect of Akron’s subsequent property acquisitions, and to specify what duty, if any, Akron owes to downstream riparian owners. The history surrounding the 1911 statutory enactment aids understanding of the reasons for the act.
I. Factual History
A. The 1909 Fire
{¶ 2} In 1909, a devastating fire burned out a substantial portion of Akron’s…
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