Moore v. Farmer
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Callaway Circuit Court. — lion. John A. Ilodcaday,' Judge. (1) The court erred in admitting the deed from Calla-way county to defendant-. In no case could these lands belong to the State or county. First, because they were not formed by the recession and abandonment by the waters of the Missouri river of its old bed.
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Appeal from Callaway Circuit Court. — lion. John A. Ilodcaday,' Judge. (1) The court erred in admitting the deed from Calla-way county to defendant-. In no case could these lands belong to the State or county. First, because they were not formed by the recession and abandonment by the waters of the Missouri river of its old bed. Secondly, because this land is formed by accretion or reliction, and its formation was within the limits of the riparian owners, and the law as declared by the Supreme Court of this State gives this land to the river’s edge to the riparian owner. The Act of 1895…
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.
Respondent’s statement of the facts in this case is as follows:
“This is an action in ejectment brought by appellant Moore in the Callaway Circuit Court to recover possession of 55.27 acres of land in Callaway county, which had formed in the Missouri river south and west of the town or village of Cedar City, and lying across and slightly up-the river from Jefferson City. In 1833 all land lying in the northwest fractional quarter of section 16, township 44, range 11 in Callaway county was bought by one W. B. Scott. At that time the river ran over a large part of this'quarter section, *37there…
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