State v. MacKen

We copy the following statement of the nature and result of this suit from appellant’s brief:

“The land in controversy in this ease is an island about 400 yards long and 250 yards wide, and "a sand bar about 300 yards long and 150 yards wide, both situated in the bed of the Colorado river, a navigable stream, and within the limits of the city of Austin. Appellant, the state of Texas, and its lessee, contend that the island and the sand bar belong to the state of Texas, for the reason that they are and have been islands situated in the bed of a navigable stream, while the ap-pellees contend…