Legal Opinion
Witter v. Taggart
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 2, 1991PublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Bellacosa, J.
Plaintiff Witter and defendants Taggarts are East Islip neighboring property owners. Their homes are on opposite sides of a canal on the south shore of Long Island. Witter’s home is north of the canal and the Taggarts’ home and dock are across the canal on the south side. The Winganhauppauge or Champlin’s Creek lies immediately west of both parcels. Their property dispute arose when the Taggarts erected a 70-foot long dock on their canal-side frontage. This was done after a title search revealed that their deed expressly permitted building the dock and…
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