September 21, 2007
Steven W. Boldt v. Patrick W. Brannon
Case Number(s):
SC07-563

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Summary:

Mr. and Mrs. Boldt and other homeowners in their neighborhood sued Mr. Brannon and his wife in a dispute over rights to the waterfront of Boca Ciega Bay. The Brannons filed a counter-suit. The trial judge ruled for the Boldts. The Second District Court of Appeal upheld some of the trial court's ruling but also certified a question of great public importance for this Court. The issue is the scope of rights awarded when an easement created by notes on the original plat map of a development indicates ingress and egress to a body of water and the piece of property that yields to the easement has a home on it.