Colo. Justices Agree To Hear Case Over Riverbed Ownership

The Colorado Supreme Court said it will consider whether an individual can seek a judgment declaring that a riverbed belongs to the state if it was navigable when Colorado secured its statehood, after an appellate court said a fisherman could claim just that in his dispute with Arkansas River riverfront landowners.

Colo. Justices Agree To Hear Case Over Riverbed Ownership
The Colorado Supreme Court said it will consider whether an individual can seek a judgment declaring that a riverbed belongs to the state if it was navigable when Colorado secured its statehood, after an appellate court said a fisherman could claim just that in his dispute with Arkansas River riverfront landowners.