ORDERS:
ORDER
This matter comes before me to be heard on this day, May 28, 1996, 10:00 a.m., in Columbia,
South Carolina by petition of Mrs. Dorothy S. Seabrook, questioning the validity of a bridge
permit issued to Barrett Boulware by the Office of Coastal Resource Management. Mrs.
Alston-Johnston moved to intervene, and that Motion was granted. The Petitioner, Dorothy S.
Seabrook, is present and represented by her attorney, Edward M. Brown, Esq. The Intervenor,
Mrs. Alston-Johnson is present and represented by her attorney, Vernell Scott, Esquire. The
Respondent, OCRM, is present and is represented by its attorney, John Kassebaum, Esq. The
Respondent, Barrett Boulware, is present and is represented by his attorney, R. Alexander
Murdaugh, Esquire.
THIS COURT FINDS AS MATTERS OF FACT:
1. That the sole disputed issue between the parties is the ownership of the land that constitutes
the point of origin of the proposed bridge with the point of destination being Legare Island.
2. That the exception of ownership of the above-mentioned land, the parties have agreed that the
permit for the proposed bridge is proper.
3. That the parties have agreed tha thte Petitioner, Mrs. Seabrook, and the Intervenor, Mrs.
Alston-Johnson, will in a timely manner file a Quiet Title in the Beaufort County Court of
Common Pleas to determine ownership of the land in question.
4. That the parties have agreed that pending the outcome of the Quiet Title suit, Mr. Boulware
will not attempt to begin construction of a bridge.
5. That because the parties have reached an agreement resolving the sole disputed issue, the
matter is moot.
BASED ON THE FOREGOING FINDINGS OF FACT, I MAKE THE FOLLOWING
CONCLUSIONS OF LAW:
1. That the sole disputed issue between the parties is the ownership of the land that constitutes
the point of origin of the proposed bridge and because the parties have reached an amicable
resolution that issue is moot.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
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RAY N. STEVENS
Administrative Law Judge
This 8th day of August, 1996
Columbia, South Carolina |