Rutledge v. State

DONALDSON, Justice.

This is an appeal taken by the State of Idaho (defendant-appellant) from a district court judgment decreeing that plaintiffs-respondents were the owners in fee simple of certain real property which formerly constituted the bed of the Boise River, and that the State of Idaho and all other claimants are without any right whatsoever in such land.

The pertinent facts surrounding this lawsuit are as follows. On February 27, 1969, Bertha Rutledge and her children instituted suit in the district court requesting that title to the land involved be quieted. Bertha Rutledge and the…