By DOTTY NIST A First District Court of Appeal (DCA) ruling has upheld an August 2021 decision in Walton County Circuit Court involving beachfront lots contained […] Appeals court rules on Walton County beachfront properties from Gulf Shore Manor plat April 10, 2024 Quinton News A DEPICTION of the area of the 1925 Gulf Shore Manor plat containing properties which had been the subject of a 1978 declaration by the Walton County Board of County Commissioners. The declaration indicated that all property lying between the Gulf of Mexico and Blocks 17, 18, 19, and 20 of the subdivision, including a strip designated as “Gulf Shore Beach” and one designated as “Bathing Beach’” in the plat were “renounced and disclaimed” by the county. In recent years the declaration had played a key role with a Walton County Circuit Court ruling and with a November 2021 appeal of that ruling in the First District Court of Appeal (DCA). The appeals court recently affirmed the earlier Walton County Circuit Court ruling. By DOTTY NIST A First District Court of Appeal (DCA) ruling has upheld an August 2021 decision in Walton County Circuit Court involving beachfront lots contained in property originally platted in 1925 as the Seagrove-area Gulf Shore Manor subdivision in south Walton County. The properties had later been replatted as part of the Jasmine Dunes and Seawalk subdivisions. In litigation during recent years, the lot owners have stated that their property had originally been identified on the Gulf Shore Manor plat as either “Gulf Shores Beach”...
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