Legal Opinion
State v. Bonelli Cattle Company
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided October 4, 1971No. 10030-PRPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STRUCKMEYER, Chief Justice.
This action was brought by Bonelli Cattle Company, a corporation, to quiet title to certain lands lying within the bed of the Colorado River in Mohave County, Arizona. The Superior Court on an agreed statement of facts entered judgment quieting title against the State and the judgment was affirmed by the Court of Appeals, 11 Ariz.App. 412, 464 P.2d 999. Opinion of the Court of Appeals vacated. Judgment of the Superior Court reversed.
The issue to be determined is whether ownership of Arizona in the bed and banks of the Colorado River acquired by erosion has been lost…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Pollard's Lessee v. HAGANSupreme Court of the United States · 1845
- Kansas v. ColoradoSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Arizona v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Nebraska v. IowaSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Mumford v. WardwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Bonelli Cattle Co. v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- State of California v. Superior Court (Lyon)California Supreme Court · 1981
- United States v. Gerald AransonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
- United States v. Iva May Harvey, a WidowCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- State v. BONELLI CATTLE COMPANYArizona Supreme Court · 1972
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