Nichols v. Culotches Bay Navigation Rights Committee, LLC

RITA W. GRUBER, Judge.

The issue presented in this ease is whether Cubiches Bay (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “the Bay”) is navigable. The Prairie County Circuit Court found that it was. Appellants, Henry Nichols and Regions Bank — trustees for Alpha Trust (hereinafter, “Alpha Trust”) which owns most of the land on both sides of Culotches Bay — contend that the circuit court’s determination is clearly erroneous and should be reversed. We affirm the circuit court’s order.

Culotches Bay is approximately 7.4 miles long and up to several hundred feet wide in the part that runs through Alpha…