Gill v. Porter

Conley Byrd, Justice.

The question presented here is the location of the boundary between riparian owners on opposite sides of an abandoned river bed. Thechancellor fixed the boundary between the parties along a line equidistant from the north high bank and the south high bank. Appellants Leta Wright Gill, William H. Cook, Jr., Darra Jean Cook, William H. Cook, Sr. and Catherine Wright Cook appeal contending that the boundary should have been fixed along the thalweg or valley way of the river at the time it became non-navigable. Appellee Tennie Porter cross-appeals contending that appellants…