State Ex Rel. Haman v. Fox

McFADDEN, Justice.

This is an action brought by the Prosecuting Attorney of Kootenai County on behalf of the people of the state of Idaho to establish public rights in and to privately owned water front property on Lake Coeur d’Alene. The district court determined that the public had no right or interest in the property and gave judgment to the property owners. We affirm.

THE FACTS

Defendants-respondents C. R. W. Fox and Eileen Fox, husband and wife, and Burgess K. McDonald, personal representative of the estate of Carmelita K. McDonald, deceased, own adjoining residential properties in the City…