The State of Texas v. C. W. Bradford

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court reversed the trial court's dismissal of the State's trespass action and affirmed the Court of Civil Appeals' reversal and remand for a new trial on the issue of the North Fork of the Red River's navigability. The Court also held that the Small Bill of 1929 validates titles crossing navigable streams and does not violate the Constitution, and that the 1900 Act did not convey river beds to the public school fund. Consequently, the State's claim to the river bed was upheld and the mineral permit applications of Caswell and Reed were denied.