Tennant v. Recreation Development Corp.

Plaintiffs brought an action in equity to establish ownership of a small peninsula of land that has formed by accretion to the south shore of Portage Lake.

The record shows that the parties are abutting riparian or littoral property owners with the plaintiffs on the east side owning Government Lot 4 and the defendants on the west side owning Government Lot 3. The alluvion which formed by the process of accretion is contiguous to the defendants’ property and proceeds laterally in front of the plaintiffs’ property, separated by a bay of water which is approximately 700 feet across, running north…