ABBS v. TOWN OF SYRACUSE

Nos. 43A03-9503-CV-79.

655 N.E.2d 114 (1995)

Ginger ABBS, Robert Brewster, Brenda Crim, Thomas C. Knopp, Regina S. Knopp, Richard E. Prescott, Mary Maria Prescott, A. Dial Rogers, Eloise H. Rogers, Tad Schrock, Tonia Schrock, John A. Turco, Michele R. Turco, John Lockwitz and Vivian Rarick, Appellants-Plaintiffs, v. TOWN OF SYRACUSE, an Indiana municipal corporation, Lorenzo Bucher, Greg Bucher, Tom Lees, Roger Kams, Paul Stoelting, L. Firestone, Mrs. George Warner, John Connolly, Jack Conley, Charles Causey, Jeff Nicodemus, M.L. Groove, Mrs. Ryland Mock, and any other persons claiming an interest in the real estate described herein, Appellees-Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Indiana.

Transfer Denied February 21, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen R. Snyder, Edward J. Ormsby, Beckman, Lawson, Sandler, Snyder & Federoff, Syracuse, for appellants.

PhiUip R. Scaletta, Jodie L. Miner, Ice Miller Donadio & Ryan, Indianapolis, for appellees.


OPINION

GARRARD, Judge.

This case presents the question of the extent to which a town may exercise any riparian rights1 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...

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