Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Rohrer v. Credle
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided June 30, 1988No. 480PA87PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEYER, Justice.
The question presented is whether defendant is entitled to a jury trial to determine if he acquired an exclusive right by prescription to harvest oysters from an oyster bottom in navigable waters. The Court of Appeals resolved the question against defendant. We affirm.
In 1982 the State of North Carolina brought an action to quiet title to a 640-acre tract of land in Hyde County, most of which is submerged land beneath the waters of Swan Quarter Bay, its arms and tributaries. This is a navigable body of water. State v. Spencer, 114 N.C. 770, 777, 19 S.E. 93, 96 (1894). In his…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Barney v. KeokukSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Phillips Petroleum Co. v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
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3Cited by25 opinions
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