HARRIS v. BROOKS

No. 5-711.

283 S.W.2d 129 (1955)

Ed HARRIS et al., Appellants, v. John BROOKS and John Brooks, Jr., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

October 24, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Donham, Little Rock, for appellants.

John D. Eldridge, Jr., Augusta, for appellees.


WARD, Justice.

The issues presented by this appeal relate to the relative rights of riparian landowners to the use of a privately owned nonnavigable lake and the water therein.

Appellant, Theo Mashburn, lessee of riparian landowners conducts a commercial boating and fishing enterprise. In this business he rents cabins, sells fishing bait and equipment, and rents boats to members of the general public who desire to use the lake for fishing and other recreational...

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