Legal Opinion
Abbs v. Town of Syracuse
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided September 7, 1995No. 43A03-9503-CV-79PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GARRARD, Judge.
This case presents the question of the extent to which a town may exercise any riparian rights 1 arising from streets and alleys which terminate at the edge of a lake.
FACTS
On April 8, 1994, a group of individuals owning shoreline property along Syracuse Lake (plaintiffs) filed a complaint for declaratory judgment against the Town of Syracuse (Syracuse) and certain residents who had erected piers at the ends of certain public streets and alleys ending at the lake. The property owned by the plaintiffs is bordered on one side by the lake and on the other side by these…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Klotz v. HornIndiana Supreme Court · 1990
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