NORTHEAST GENERATION CO. v. MARCELLO

No. 25692.

887 A.2d 384 (2005)

92 Conn.App. 753

NORTHEAST GENERATION COMPANY v. William MARCELLO et al.

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Decided December 27, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil R. Marcus, with whom, on the brief, was Barbara M. Schellenberg, Bridgeport, for the appellants (defendants).

Richard L. Street, with whom, on the brief, was Russell A. Green, Waterbury, for the appellee (plaintiff).

LAVERY, C.J., and GRUENDEL and PETERS, Js.


PETERS, J.

This case concerns the propriety of placing an unauthorized dock on a lake that an electricity generating company uses as a storage reservoir for the production of electric power. The issue is whether General Statutes § 16-237 precludes the unauthorized user from invoking the law of adverse possession to justify continued use of the dock. The statute provides in relevant part that "[n]o length of possession, user or occupancy of any buildings or land...

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