1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. S.E.2d
  4. 462 S.E.2d
  5. 462 S.E.2d 708 (1995)
 

DORROH v. McCARTHY

No. S95A1029.

462 S.E.2d 708 (1995)

265 Ga. 750

DORROH et al. v. McCARTHY et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

October 16, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Falligant, Jr., Savannah, for Dorroh et al.

Isaac Byrd, Senior Assistant Atty. Gen., Hon. Michael J. Bowers, Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Atlanta, Brian E. McCarthy, Savannah, Robert S. Bomar, Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, for McCarthy et al.

FLETCHER, Presiding Justice.

Property owners William and Margaret Dorroh sued to stop their neighbor Brian McCarthy from constructing a dock in the navigable tidal waters in coastal Chatham County. The trial court ruled that McCarthy was a riparian owner because his property adjoins the high water mark of the river and that the Department of Natural Resources did not abuse its discretion in allowing equitable access to navigable water in the tidal basin among adjoining...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases