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State Court Rejects OC Appeal In Dumser's Case

Dumser's Dairyland website

For those who visit the boardwalk Dumser’s Dairland has become an iconic ice cream shop in the Ocean City.

And the Court of Special Appeal has turned down Ocean City’s motion to take another look at its decision against the resort.

The Salisbury Daily Times reports that the court said the resort had not provided enough evidence that it actually owned the building on the boardwalk.

When the Rapoport family’s last 25 year contract expired in which Ocean City had given them to permission to build the structure the resort ordered them to vacate the premises.

But Nathans Associates argued that they owned the property by virtue of occupying it for over a 20 year period under the adverse possession rule.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.