Olde Severna Park Improvement Ass'n v. Gunby

This case requires us to consider whether a deed, which incorporates by reference a Plat recorded in 1931, should be strictly construed against the severance of riparian rights. We shall hold that the 1931 Plat specifically reserved to the Developer riparian rights in order that the notation of certain areas on the plat that appeared to be waterfront property would not be considered an offer to dedicate such areas to the local governing authority, but that when the Developer subsequently conveyed waterfront land recorded on that Plat in fee simple to an individual owner, the riparian rights…