Valder v. Wallis

This is an action to quiet title to accretion lands formed by the Missouri River. At the time of the Iowa-Nebraska Boundary Compact of 1943 the land was in Nebraska. By virtue of a shift in the bed of the river, the land, although on the Nebraska side of the boundary line, is on the Iowa side of the river. The defendants own land in Iowa adjoining the property in dispute and claim ownership by adverse possession and accretion. The court decreed a division of the land in accordance with an existing river chute. Defendants appeal. We affirm the judgment of the District Court.

The law of Iowa…