New v. Stock

On August 17, 1901, a plat designated Porter’s Park and consisting of 12 lots with shore frontage on Lake Ripley was recorded by J. W. Porter and J. H. Townsend. On July 8, 1924, a plat designated as the First Addition to Porter’s Park was recorded by John W. Porter. This plat consisted of prop*472erty west of Porter’s Park and specified a 15-foot right-of-way in Lot 2 of Porter’s Park as an accessway to Lake Ripley, with the restriction that this right-of-way was limited to the use of lot owners of the First Addition to Porter’s Park.1

In October, 1926, a series of transactions occurred whereby…