State v. Standard Oil Co.

In the application for another rehearing, the Attorney General cites Act 258 of 1910, p. 438, which declares:

"That the waters of and in all bayous, lagoons, lakes and bays, and the beds thereof, within the borders of the state, not at present under the direct ownership of any person, firm or corporation, are hereby declared to be the property of the state."

The statute is not at all pertinent to this case, because the land in contest is not — and was not in 1910 — in the bed of Ferry Lake. It is now and was then a part of the shore of Ferry Lake. Besides, Act 258 of 1910, by its precise terms,…