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RYALS v. PIGOTT

No. 07-CA-59531.

580 So.2d 1140 (1990)

Darrell RYALS, Individually and d/b/a Ryals Rentals, Allen Ryals, Individually, and d/b/a Ryals Rentals, Jimmy Barrett, Individually, and d/b/a Bogue Chitto Choo Choo v. Charles Ray PIGOTT, Glen W. Crawford, Julius O'Quinn, Jr., Otis Ray House, Sheriff Duane Dillon, et al.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied June 12, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dan R. Wise, J. Douglas Johnson, Hattiesburg, for appellants.

Norman B. Gillis, Jr., Gillis & Gillis, Keith Starrett, McComb, Mike Smith, Magnolia, for appellees.

Charles Ray Pigott, pro se.

En Banc.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I.

This highly localized controversy presents questions of great public importance: whether (and which) freshwater rivers and streams are held by the state for public use and by what criteria we address the question.

In the case at bar, the Chancery Court held that riparian Landowners in southeastern Pike County held rights in the Bogue Chitto River such that they could...

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