Everett's Lake Corp. v. Dye

DILLON, Judge.

*46 Plaintiff Everett's Lake Corporation owns Everett's Lake (the "Lake"), a non-navigable lake in Richmond County. Defendant Lewis Edward Dye, Jr., owns a small tract of land, comprising approximately two-tenths of an acre, which abuts the Lake. This dispute concerns whether Defendant, through his chain of title in his small tract, also owns the right to access the Lake.

I. Background

As of 1948, the Lake and the land around the Lake were all owned by the Lamb family.

Defendant's Chain of Title

In 1948, the Lambs conveyed a thirty-acre tract which abutted the Lake to the Entwistles.…