Legal Opinion

City of Orange Beach v. Benjamin

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided November 9, 2001No. 1001599Published

1Opinion of the Court

821 So.2d 193 (2001)

CITY OF ORANGE BEACH

v.

William BENJAMIN and Margaret Benjamin.

1001599.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

November 9, 2001.

L.P. Sutley of Murchison & Sutley, Foley, for appellant.

Lloyd E. Taylor of Taylor & Taylor, L.L.C., Foley, for appellees.

LYONS, Justice.

The City of Orange Beach filed a complaint for a judgment declaring riparian rights and for a permanent injunction preventing William Benjamin and Margaret Benjamin from using or maintaining a pier they had constructed on Terry Cove, a body of water. Terry Cove lies across a dedicated street from the Benjamins' land, which is…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Automobile Club of Mich. v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. IMED Corp. v. Systems Engineering Assoc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1992
  3. Cloverdale Homes v. Town of CloverdaleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1913
  4. First National Bank of Montgomery v. United StatesDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1959
  5. Mobile Dry Docks Co. v. City of MobileSupreme Court of Alabama · 1906

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