Hix v. Robertson

ORDER REQUESTING AMICUS BRIEFING

In this appeal, the trial court ruled that a specified part of Hog Creek is a statutory navigable stream and that Appellees and the general public are entitled to use that part and the entire adjoining lake for fishing, boating, and recreational purposes.

In his first issue, Appellant asserts that Appellee does not have standing to litigate the ownership of Hog Creek’s streambed and that only the State of Texas, in a proper proceeding brought by the Attorney General, has standing. Appellant’s fifth issue complains that the trial court erred in ruling that the…