Jonkers v. Summit Township

The parties appeal as of right the trial court’s order holding, in relevant part, that plaintiffs (the Wanzers) owned certain shoreline property on Bass Lake, but also holding that defendants (the township) had acquired ownership of a boat launch on the property through adverse possession, and imposing certain restrictions on the use of the boat launch and on future improvements to Bass Lake Boulevard, which runs parallel to Bass Lake between the Wanzers’ residence and the boat launch. We affirm.

“We review the trial court’s findings of fact in a bench trial for clear error and conduct a…