Anderson v. Grand River Dam Authority

HODGES, Justice.

This appeal presents the question of whether GRDA (Grand River Dam Authority), defendant in the trial court, may legally promulgate and enforce a regulation requiring an applicant for a permit to anchor a houseboat in the Lake O’ the Cherokees (commonly called Grand Lake) to obtain the written consent of the “abutting landowner” before the permit will be granted.

Plaintiff in the trial court, A. B. Anderson, had for 20 years anchored his .houseboat at a point in Grand Lake approximately 100 to 150 feet offshore under permits from GRDA. The “abutting landowner” in this case is…