Carrithers v. Terramar Beach Community Improvement Ass'n

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• holding that individual landowner is without power to convey an exclusive right to use navigable waters
• “[A]n easement may not create a right or interest in a grantee’s favor which the grantor himself did not possess.”
• “[A]n easement may not create a right or interest in a grantee’s favor which the grantor himself did not possess.”
• the waters of public navigational streams are held by the State in trust for the public, primarily for navigation purposes
• \[A]n easement may not create a right or interest in a grantee's favor which the grantor himself did not possess.\
• easement over submerged land in Gulf of Mexico not implied because it conflicted with public policy of State having sole control over those waters and submerged lands, held in trust for public

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