United States Gypsum Co. v. Reynolds

The original government survey and the township plats based thereon made in 1829 were such that Section 3, Twp. 16 N., R. 9 W., and Section 10, Twp. 17 N., R. 9 W., in Washington County, abutted upon and were riparian to the Mississippi River, the river being to the east and southeast of the sections. The stated directions as bearing upon these two sections had happened because to the southwest of this location, the river had departed from its general southerly course and had made a sharp bend to the east and northeast, the bend being in fact almost in the shape of a large letter U, or, as…