Curry v. Port Lavaca Channel & Dock Co.

In this suit appellee recovered possession of property against appellants in Port Lavaca Bay in Calhoun county, running out from the bay shore opposite the town of Port Lavaca, the property being described as partly fast land, and partly of tidal waters, and partly of submerged land, and partly of an island m the bay. The suit was not for the recovery of the title to the land, but for the exclusive right to the user- of all said property for the enjoyment and maintenance of the corporate rights and franchises conferred upon appel-lee by its charter as a “dock and channel corporation.” The…