HARVAT v. CLEAR CREEK DRAINAGE DIST.

No. 40732.

249 N.W.2d 209 (1977)

197 Neb. 352

Jerry Lee HARVAT et al., Appellants, v. CLEAR CREEK DRAINAGE DISTRICT, etc., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

January 12, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Pfeiffer, Spielhagen, Spielhagen & Pfeiffer, Omaha, for appellants.

Charles E. Wright, Cline, Williams, Wright, Johnson & Oldfather, Lincoln, for appellees.

Heard before SPENCER, McCOWN, and CLINTON, JJ., and MORAN and KELLY, District Judges.


MORAN, District Judge.

Jerry Lee Harvat and his hunting companions claimed a prescriptive right to hunt and fish on and off the east bank of the north half of the defendant district's island in the Platte River. The hunting area claimed extended approximately 300 yards east from the northern tip of the island to the thread of the river and a maximum distance of 200 yards east from the east bank at the center of the island. The trial court denied the plaintiffs' claims...

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