Mingus v. Bell

This is an action to quiet title to accretion land. Both parties seek a decree. The trial court entered a decree quieting title in the plaintiffs. Defendants appeal. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The land involved is four acres of timber and pasture land, accretion to Lot 1, Section 29, Township 9 North, *736Range 21, West of the 6th P. M., Dawson County, situated on the Platte River, a non-navigable stream. Both parties claim by mesne conveyances from a common grantor, one Mary H. Stratton. Four deeds are involved.

July 11, 1941, the Strattons (wife and husband) conveyed the accretion…