Berry v. Hoogendoorn
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from MahasTca District Court.— Hon. W. G. Clements, Judge. Action to quiet' title to “ about two acres of accretions ” formed in front of plaintiff’s land, where it was originally bounded on tbe Des Moines river. Defendant, owning an adjoining tract of land, also bounded on the Des Moines river, claims the accretions or a portion thereof as appurtenant to his land.
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Appeal from MahasTca District Court.— Hon. W. G. Clements, Judge. Action to quiet' title to “ about two acres of accretions ” formed in front of plaintiff’s land, where it was originally bounded on tbe Des Moines river. Defendant, owning an adjoining tract of land, also bounded on the Des Moines river, claims the accretions or a portion thereof as appurtenant to his land. There was a decree establishing the boundary -between the parties and quieting the title of each in a portion of the accretions claimed by the other, and both parties appeal; the appeal of defendant being first perfected.—
1Opinion of the Court
McClain, C. J.—
Government lot 3, in section 6, township 74, range 16, in Mahaska county, embraces substantially the W. % of the N. W. *4 of the section, so far as not included within the meander lines of the Des Moines river, as shown on the following plat:
This government lot 3 was subsequently subdivided; but we have no occasion to describe the subdivisions, further than to say that what would constitute the fractional S. W. % of the N. W. % of the section is owned in part by plain: *439tiff and in part by defendant; tbeir division line being indicated on the above plat by the dotted straight line…
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