Ralph L. Bath and Margaret J. Bath v. John

Ralph and Margaret Bath and John and Nancy Courts are neighbors owning adjacent land on the shore of Nyona Lake. The Courts maintained a pier which extended out from their own property. Because the Courts wanted to build a platform at the end of their pier without interfering with the public pier, they angled their pier away from the public pier to cross the Baths shorefront property. Shortly after the Courts angled their pier, the Baths build a pier parallel to the property boundary they shared with the Courts. This pier came within two feet of the Courts pier and interfered with its use. The Courts obtained an injunction for the removal of the Baths pier. It allowed the Courts to maintain their pier at an angle because it did not unreasonably interfere with the Baths riparian rights or the publics rights. On appeal the Baths contend that their boundaries extend to the middle of Lake Nyona allowing them to maintain their pier and requiring the Courts to remove their pier from the Baths property.