Henry B. Walker, Jr., Trustee v. Felmont Oil Corporation, Ohio River Oil Company, Felmont Oil Corporation v. Ohio River Oil Company, Inc.

SHACKELFORD MILLER, Jr., Circuit Judge.

This declaratory judgment action was filed in the District Court by the plaintiffs-appellants under the provisions of Section 2201, Title 28 U.S.Code, seeking an adjudication of the rights of the plaintiffs as against the defendants therein in certain portions of the bed of the Ohio River that lie north of the' thread of the stream, opposite the Kentucky shore.

The controversy arises by reason of the unusual situation respecting the legal title to the bed of the Ohio River adjacent to the Kentucky shore. It is well established that the Ohio River is…