Chapman & Dewey Land Co. v. Bigelow
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Poinsett Chancery Court; Edward D. Robertson, Chancellor; 1. Meander lines along or near the margin of a stream or other body of water are run to ascertain the quantity of public land sold, and are not boundary lines; the waters themselves constitute the real boundary.
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Appeal from Poinsett Chancery Court; Edward D. Robertson, Chancellor; 1. Meander lines along or near the margin of a stream or other body of water are run to ascertain the quantity of public land sold, and are not boundary lines; the waters themselves constitute the real boundary. By the common law, fresh water lakes and ponds, not navigable, belong to the owners of the adjacent soil, who own usque ad Alum aquae. 140 U. S. 371; lb. 406; Gould on Waters (1900 Ed.), § 196; 42 L. R. A. 305, note; 25 Ark. 120; 24 Ark. 102; 50 Ark. 471; 51 Ark. 491; lb. 233; 83 S. W. 951. 2. Plats and field notes…
1Opinion of the CourtBattle, J.
Chapman & Dewey Land Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Missouri, brought a suit against Charles PI. Bigelow, N. P. Bigelow, L. T. Walker and F. PI. Hartshorn to quiet title to certain lands, and for that purpose to have declared void and of no effect certain conveyances under which the defendants claim title thereto.
Plaintiff claims title under an act of Congress entitled “An act to enable the State of Arkansas and other States to reclaim the Swamp Lands withiji their limits,” approved September 28, 1850. It alleges that, in pursuance of the provisions of this…
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