Commissioners of Burke County v. Catawba Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Petition to rebear case decided at September Term, 1894, and reported in 115 N. C., 590.
1Opinion of the Court
It seems to be settled law in North Carolina, as in all of the states, that navigable streams of every class, however defined or distinguished from other water courses, are natural highways, and that the public easement, whatever may be its extent, is paramount to the private right of the riparian proprietor. S. v. Narrows Island Club, 100 N.C. 477; S. v.Glen, 52 N.C. 321, 327; Broadnax v. Baker, 94 N.C. 675; Gould on Waters (2 Ed.), secs. 86, 87, 107, 108 and 110; Angell Water Courses, 541a; 16 Am. Eng. Enc., p. 236; Sullivan v. Jernigan, 21 Fla. 264. All waters including bays, inlets,…
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