Lane v. McEachern

At issue in this action for a declaratory judgment, instituted by the respondent Lane, is the title to a tract of land situated in Charleston County, such land being referred to in the record as “The Property,” title thereto being claimed by Lane and the State.

The Property is situated on the east side of the Edisto River (formerly known as Pon Pon or Pon Pond River), which at the point is a fresh water navigable river, but also tidal in that the water level is affected by the ebb and flow of the salt water tide in and out of the mouth of the river. The Property, in its natural state, was…