State v. Adams

Upon Petition for Rehearing.2

On March 14, 1958, the following opinion was filed:

Thomas Gallagher, Justice.

These actions were instituted by the state to have determined that it is the owner of certain lake beds within the state under which lie valuable deposits of iron ore. The prayer for relief in the various complaints therein is as follows:

“Wherefore plaintiff prays judgment that it is the owner in fee simple of such lands constituting the lake bed of * * * [name of] Lake and the river bed of the stream connecting * * * [name of] Lake and *547* * * [name of] Lake * * * as aforesaid, and the…