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Jan 26, 2005 civil-law property-law public-domain land-disputes creek-ownership torrens-title

Creek Ownership and Land Disputes: Public vs. Private Property Rights

A Supreme Court ruling clarifies that creeks are public property, not private land, and how this affects boundary disputes.