McKeen v. Kurfust

The district judge found that the cotton sheds complained of in the plaintiff’s petition were upon the bank of the river; for his judgment only decrees that the obstructions be removed therefrom, and the public permitted to have the free use of the bank of the river.

In this, which is mainly a question of fact, the evidence of the witnesses sustains his decision.

The defendants’ answer seems to imply that they claim the right to obstruct a part of the bank; for they say that they “ have left a large portion of the bank on their said land, free to be used as a landing, or for any other purpose…