William R. Day

“ The state of Arkansas contends that these acts of Congress fix the middle of the channel of navigation as it existed before the avulsion as the boundary line between the states. By the state of Mississippi it is contended that the boundary line is a line equidistant from the well defined banks of the river. ”

“ Ct. 47, 53 L. Ed. 118] ; 214 U.S. 205, 215 [29 Sup. Ct. 631, 53 L. Ed. 969] . The argument submitted in behalf of the defendant state in the case at bar, including a reference to the notable recent decision of its Supreme Court in State v. ”