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Smith Mountain Lake Yacht Club, Inc. v. Ramaker

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided March 2, 2001No. Record 000861PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Keenan

This appeal is from a decree in which the chancellor held that a certain landowner has the right to construct a dock over partially submerged property that an adjacent landowner claims to own.

This dispute arose between James K. Ramaker and Sandra W. Ramaker (collectively, the Ramakers), and a neighboring landowner, the Smith Mountain Lake Yacht Club, Inc. (the Yacht Club). The properties owned by the Ramakers and the Yacht Club respectively are in the vicinity of an inlet of Smith Mountain Lake in Bedford County (the Lake). The Yacht Club property is adjacent to the Ramaker property and…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. W. S. Carnes, Inc. v. Board of SupervisorsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1996
  2. Brown v. HaleySupreme Court of Virginia · 1987
  3. Cummings v. FulghumSupreme Court of Virginia · 2001
  4. Commercial Underwriters Insurance v. Hunt & Calderone, P.C.Supreme Court of Virginia · 2001
  5. Earley v. LandsidleSupreme Court of Virginia · 1999

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3Cited by14 opinions

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  3. Binkley v. Rabon Creek Watershed Conservation DistrictCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2001
  4. Couplin v. PayneSupreme Court of Virginia · 2005
  5. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. v. EgglestonSupreme Court of Virginia · 2002

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