Cobb v. Griffith & Adams Sand, Gravel, & Transportation Co.

The plaintiff claims compensation for one hundred thousand cubic yards of sand taken by the defendant from beneath *131the waters of the Mississippi River, on land of which the plaintiff alleges he is the owner, near the Illinois shore. The defendant denies generally, and pleads a license from the true owner, and the statutory limitation of five years. The verdict and judgment were for the defendant.

The controversy has been directed chiefly on both sides, to the merits of a tax-title hel-d by the plaintiff, and to the defendant’s right to attack the same in this proceeding. The laws of Illinois…