Fencl v. City of Harpers Ferry

How courts have described this case

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• stating that “we may still affirm if there is an alternative ground, raised in the district court and urged on appeal, that can support the court’s decision”
• stating that “we may still affirm if there is an alternative ground, raised in the district court and urged on appeal, that can support the court’s decision”
• considering whether an alley fell within the public trust when it did not provide access to a river or lake
• reversing district court ruling quieting title in city and remanding for entry of judgment quieting title in plaintiff based on equitable estoppel, a ground plaintiff urged in the district court but not considered by that court
• reversing district court’s ruling quieting title in favor of city based on an equitable estoppel theory urged by appellant below but improvidently rejected by the district court
• reversing district court ruling quieting title in city and remanding for entry of judgment quieting title in plaintiff based upon equitable es-toppel, a ground plaintiff urged in the district court but not considered by that court

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).