Carr v. Kidd

This appeal arises from a judgment entered in a suit to determine the riparian rights of neighboring landowners. The primary issue is whether the trial court erred in confirming the report of a commissioner in chancery, which recommended an apportionment of riparian rights based on an approximated historic shoreline existing prior to manmade development of the perimeter of the parties’ properties.

The suit initially involved a riparian rights dispute between Robert C. Kidd and Marjorie B. Kidd (collectively, the Kidds), and their immediate neighbors to the northwest, Mark S. Crowley and Lori…