Ritchey v. Dalgo

This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment entered in favor of the plaintiffs in which the trial court decreed that certain contested tracts of land "belong to the public." We affirm.

Three separate property-dispute class actions for declaratory judgments, which were consolidated for trial, form the basis for this appeal. The plaintiffs are the owners of lots in three subdivisions on the Fort Morgan Peninsula in Baldwin County. The defendants are the successors in interest to Gulf Beach Land and Development Company (Gulf Beach), the original developer of the three subdivisions.

The…