Section 43-17-4 - Opposite banks of nonnavigable stream belonging to different persons--Stream and bed common to both

43-17-4. Opposite banks of nonnavigable stream belonging to different persons--Stream and bed common to both.In all cases where the opposite banks of any streams not navigable belong to different persons, the stream and the bed thereof shall become common to both. Source: CivC 1877, §266; CL 1887, §2782; RCivC 1903, §289; RC 1919, §359; SDC 1939, §51.0703.