SWANENBURG v. BLAND

Record No. 900163.

397 S.E.2d 859 (1990)

Richard SWANENBURG, et al. v. William R. BLAND, Trustee of Riverhouse Land Trust, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 9, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jimese L. Pendergraft (Harry J. Kostel; Jones, Blechman, Woltz & Kelly, Newport News, on brief), for appellants.

Stephen D. Harris (McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, Williamsburg, on brief), for appellees.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., COMPTON, STEPHENSON, RUSSELL, WHITING, and LACY, JJ., and HARRISON, Retired Justice.


WHITING, Justice.

In this injunction suit, we consider the riparian rights of three owners of adjoining properties that front upon a navigable river. In doing so, we examine the peripheral owners' claims that because the middle owner's property does not extend to the mean low-water mark, he has no right to build a pier extending to the line of navigation.

On November 4, 1987, Richard Swanenburg and Margaret W. Swanenburg (collectively Swanenburg) acquired...

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