Kentucky Lumber Co. v. Green
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 45 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL FROM WHITLEY CIRCUIT COURT. A conveyance calling for an object on the bank of a stream “and thence with the meanders thereof,” gives title to the middle of the stream, subject only to the right of the public to the use thereof. (Boom Company v. Smith, 8 Ky. Law Rep., 3(59.) Brief not in record.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE BENNETT
delivered the opinion of the court.
The appellees having erected a pier on the bed of the Cumberland river, between the middle of the stream and the river bank, for the purpose of fastening thereto a sheer to a log boom, the appellant, claiming to own and- possess the adjacent shore and to the middle of the river, brought this action in equity against the appellees for the purpose of quieting its title to the bed of the river to the middle of the stream, and of *258compelling the appellees to remove said pier, etc. The circuit court adjudged that the appellant’s title did not extend…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Williamsburg Boom Co. v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1886
- Jackson ex dem. Trustees of Kingston v. LouwNew York Supreme Court · 1815
3Cited by6 opinions
- City of Covington v. State Tax CommissionCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1929
- Stonestreet v. JacobsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1904
- Wilson v. WatsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1911
- Cruikshanks v. Wilmer & WilsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1892
- Johnson v. LainhartCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1938
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