Legal Opinion
State v. Hatchie Coon Hunting & Fishing Club, Inc.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided March 6, 2008No. 07-356PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Robert L. Brown, Justice.
The State of Arkansas appeals from the entry of a permanent injunction and a finding that appellee Hatchie Coon Hunting and Fishing Club, Inc. (Hatchie Coon), by riparian rights, retained ownership to an accreted, submerged forty-three to forty-eight acre island (the island) on the St. Francis River. We agree with the State that the circuit court erred, and we reverse and remand for entry of an order in accordance with this opinion.
In 1892, a group of hunters and fishermen from Memphis, Tennessee, known as the Hatchie Coon Hunting and Fishing Club1, acquired title to…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- McGrew v. Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. of Arkansas, Inc.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 2007
- State ex rel. Thompson v. ParkerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1917
- State v. McIlroySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1980
- White River Levee District v. ReidharCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2001
- Arkansas River Rights Committee v. Echubby Lake Hunting ClubCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2003
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Nichols v. Culotches Bay Navigation Rights Committee, L.L.C.Court of Appeals of Arkansas · 2009
- Bohannon v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2014
- Bohannon v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2014
- Hatchie Coon Hunting and Fishing Club v. LandDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 2022
- Lynch v. BatesCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2012
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