Legal Opinion
Monroe v. State
Utah Supreme Court
Decided December 20, 1946No. 6964PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRATT, Justice.
What is a navigable lake? This issue arises in a suit in which plaintiffs and defendants each seek to quiet title to the bed of Scipio Lake, in Millard County, this State. Plaintiffs own property on the shores of the lake and the defendant State of Utah has leased part of the bed of the lake to defendant George E. Brown, for grazing purposes. The grazing brought plaintiffs and Brown in conflict.
If the lake was navigable when this state was admitted to the Union plaintiffs should fail. Sec. 86-1-14, U. C. A. 1943; Poynter v. Chipman, 8 Utah 442, 32 P. 690; Knudsen v. Omanson, 10…
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