Stribley v. Michigan Marine, Inc

This case presents the question as to whether certain dredging operations by defendant in its riparian waters in front of its lots in the City of North Muskegon constitute commercial activity. Plaintiff owns and has a cottage on lot 12 in the same plat which faces south on Muskegon Lake. Defendant is the owner of adjoining land to the west consisting of vacant lots 13, 14 and 15, and a commercially zoned point of land extending into the lake adjacent to lot 15.

Defendant commenced building a boat dock and marina on its commercial property. To provide fill for the marina site and to provide…