State ex rel. Cates v. West Tennessee Land Co.
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM OBION. Appeal from Chancery Court of Obion County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari from the Court of Civil Appeals to the Supreme Court. — C. P. McKin-^ ney, Chancellor. ■., ^
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lansden
In the view which we take of this case, it is not necessary to, make an extended statement of the pleadings, or to discuss the questions presented upon the demurrer to the bill. The only question for determination is whether Reelfoot Lake is a navigable body of water in the technical legal sense of that term. If it is, we think it is beyond dispute upon the authorities that neither the waters nor the lands underlying them are. capable ' of private ownership. If it is not, and is navigable only in the common or ordinary acceptation of the term, then both the waters and the lands underlying…
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