LOUISVILLE SAND & GRAVEL CO. v. RALSTON


266 S.W.2d 119 (1954)

LOUISVILLE SAND & GRAVEL CO. v. RALSTON et al.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

March 19, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Hobson, Woodward, Hobson & Fulton, Louisville, for appellant.

Evan Harrod, Turner & Turner, Newcastle, for appellees.


MILLIKEN, Justice.

The problem presented on this appeal is the exact location in the Ohio River of the dividing line between property owned by private riparian owners and that property between the northern low watermark and the "thread of the stream" which is deemed unappropriated land belonging to the state.

We are asked to determine the meaning of the words "thread of the stream" as applied to the Ohio River, and to declare whether the property rights of...

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