Mill Pond Towers, Inc. v. State, Department of Natural Resources

OPINION

POPOVICH, Chief Judge.

This appeal is from a summary judgment declaring appellant the owner of the Hanover Dam. Appellant claims the trial court erred because (1) genuine issues of material fact exist regarding chain of title and (2) the dam is appurtenant to adjoining land previously conveyed. We affirm.

FACTS

On April 12, 1985, the Commissioner of the Department of Natural Resources ordered the partially collapsed Hanover Dam on the Crow River removed by its owner. The Commissioner’s order found the attorney general’s office had determined appellant Mill Pond Towers, Inc. is the dam’s…