Posted by: Duane Frymire "Stare decisis aside in the long haul of history, the Law of Nature will ultimately determine whether the Moose River is navi...

Posted by: Peter Ehlert default to me has been: In other words, the thread of the stream is the deepest groove or trench in the bed of a river channel...

Posted by: hillsidesurveyor Thank you for all of the replies. ?ÿ I have reviewed the sited cases and searched for other cases on google scholar. I was...

Posted by: Duane Frymire If the Islands are truly in the middle, then owners on each side of the river would seem to each own half according to this: ...

I don't know anything about Iowa state law, but generally the thalweg is the boundary within navigable rivers, it is the center of the deepest or main...

Posted by: Dave Karoly The Supreme Court is too busy developing the Law of Bakeries to deal in minor things like accretion. I would think a Lava Flow ...

Posted by: Glenn Breysacher While all cases are unique, there has to be an acceptance by the municipality of the offer of dedication, which is evidenc...

Posted by: Dave Karoly It seems like a big question the SC should get involved in. A) Did all of the States get their sovereign lands when they were a...

It sounds like you are saying the same thing I am. It is premature for surveyors to apply this outside of the 4th circuit though.?ÿThis "new" law is c...

Posted by: Duane Frymire The case changes the accepted definition of nav in law waters in NC, NY, and probably some other states.?ÿ How that may be us...

Posted by: Duane Frymire Wow!?ÿ Things could get interesting in some of the original 13 colonies.?ÿ Like NC, NY highest court has interpreted the law ...

Posted by: thebionicman I see the BLM do it both ways. In my opinion it is clearer to call them lots. At the same time if you pull the plat and notes ...

?ÿ If the section wasn't lotted by the GLO than all the aliqout parts within the section were created when the plat was approved. So the SW1/4SW1/4 do...

I think the only difference in Tennessee would be the date used to determine navigability would be 7 years latter. Although Tennessee was part of the ...

Oh, I dont doubt that it has important implications for?ÿ North Carolinians I was just pointing out that there was no new definition for navigability....

Posted by: paden cash Literally hundreds of cases have reiterated that "non-use of dominant rights (as in a right-of-way) does not in itself constitut...

Posted by: leegreen In New York state we have two definitions for Navigable waterways. The public maintains different sets of rights, depending on whe...

There is no new definition of navigability in this case. This case is about the federal definition of navigability. Not the North Carolina definition....

Posted by: Nate The Surveyor As i age, I more tend to see the idea behind "landmarks prevail over old, non-enforceable deeds". Charge well, show the p...

Posted by: paden cash I worked on a survey a few years back that (prior to my work) had divided 40 acres (described as the SW/4, NW/4) into 4 tracts f...