Jones v. Hogue

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

Plaintiffs and defendants are riparian proprietors of adjacent tracts of land, the plaintiffs’ tract being known as the Barker tract and the defendants’ as the Hogue tract. Over the course of the years an alluvion has formed by accretion in front of both tracts, which are situated in a curve or bend of the Mississippi River known as Esperance Point. Formation of this alluvion began in front of the Hogue tract, and over the years, as accretion continued successively and imperceptibly, the alluvion extended in front of the Barker tract also. This alluvion now extends across…