Heeringa v. Petroelje

DAVIS, EJ.

The parties 1 are neighbors owning adjacent riparian lots on the shore of Pine Creek Bay, which is part of Lake Macatawa. The dispute in this case concerns defendants’ extension of their dock. The original dock extended perpendicularly from defendants’ shoreline, and the extension deflects slightly away from plaintiffs property, but because of the irregular shape of the bay and the concavity of the parties’ shoreline area, plaintiff contends that the extension intrudes upon its riparian bottomlands. The trial court, after a two-day bench trial dominated by testimony from the…