Cox v. Arnold
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Howard Circuit Court. — Hon. John A. Hockaday, Judge. (1) Parts of fractional quarter of section 4, township 48, range 15, were never submerged, and when the water receded from the submerged portion the rest of it, with all accretions thereto, could be identified and its boundary ascertained. Buse v. Bussell, 86 Mo., 209; Murly v. Norton, 100 N. Y. 426; Grould on Waters [2 Ed.], sec. 158; Cooley v. Golden, 117 Mo. 48; St. Louis v. Ruts, 138 U..
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Appeal from Howard Circuit Court. — Hon. John A. Hockaday, Judge. (1) Parts of fractional quarter of section 4, township 48, range 15, were never submerged, and when the water receded from the submerged portion the rest of it, with all accretions thereto, could be identified and its boundary ascertained. Buse v. Bussell, 86 Mo., 209; Murly v. Norton, 100 N. Y. 426; Grould on Waters [2 Ed.], sec. 158; Cooley v. Golden, 117 Mo. 48; St. Louis v. Ruts, 138 U.. S. 245. (2) By the undisputed facts it was conceded that the space between.the island and the main shore gradually filled with earth as…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
Ejectment for a tract of land in Howard county, Missouri, described as follows: Southwest fractional quarter of section 4, township 48, range 15, beginning at the quarter section corner on the west ■side of said section 4, as established by E. E. Dunaway; thence running south seventeen chains to a point on the original bank of the Missouri river; thence south to the middle of the old channel of said river; thence down said channel to the line between Greorge B. Cos and H. Walters; thence north to said Walters’ northwest corner; thence north seventy-two and one half degrees east along said…
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