Brasher v. Tanner

This is a suit for damages for the denial of access to two lots on Sapelo Island brought against Joe Tanner, then Commissioner of the *813Department of Natural Resources, and C. V. Waters and Fred Todd, employees of DNR who were responsible for the management of the island.1 As such, it is not a suit against the state to establish title; however, the primary issue at trial was whether the plaintiffs had sufficient ownership interest in island property so as to be entitled to access. The DNR employees claim that the state owned the lands either through quitclaim deeds or adverse possession and…