Boldt v. Brannon

This Court initially accepted jurisdiction to review Brannon v. Boldt, 958 So.2d 367 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007), a decision in which the Second District Court of Appeal certified the following question to be of great public importance:

WHAT RIGHTS DO THE RESIDENTS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD RECEIVE, AS DOMINANT ESTATE HOLDERS UNDER AN IMPLIED EASEMENT CREATED BY A DENOTATION ON A PLAT MAP OF AN “EASEMENT FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS” TO A BODY OF WATER,

*316WHEN THE SERVIENT ESTATE IS PART OF A RESIDENTIAL LOT ON WHICH THERE EXISTS AN OCCUPIED FAMILY DWELLING?

Id. at 368. After further consideration, this Court concludes…