Higgins v. Odom

How courts have described this case

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• ruling that neighboring property owner had an easement in 7 the lake since she purchased her lot pursuant to a subdivision plat showing the lake, and paid more for her lot adjacent the lake
• lake designated on plat “should be regarded as in effect a dedication of the lake as a recreational area for the benefit of all adjoining owners”
• “When a developer sells lots according to a subdivision plat, which has a lake area designated on it, the purchasers acquire an irrevocable easement in that park, with which the developer may not interfere.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).