Westmoreland v. Beutell

Banke, Judge.

This is a boundary line dispute in which the central issue is whether the appellants’ property borders the Chattahoochee River or whether it borders the bank of that river. If the latter is the case, then the entire riverbed belongs to the appellees and the appellants have no access to the river.

The parties agreed to a trial before the court without a jury, and the judge returned a verdict for the appellees. The appellants filed two appeals, one from the denial of their motion for new trial and another from the denial of a motion to set aside the judgment. A 10-month delay in…