Frank v. Goddin
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from "Warren Circuit Court. — lío». E. M. Hughes, Judge. Besides his title, as left unaffected "by the action of the Missouri river, plaintiff showed himself the owner of title through valid purchase from the county court.
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Appeal from "Warren Circuit Court. — lío». E. M. Hughes, Judge. Besides his title, as left unaffected "by the action of the Missouri river, plaintiff showed himself the owner of title through valid purchase from the county court. Laws 1895, p. 207; Laws 1899, pp. 276, 277, 278. The land claimed by plaintiff is bounded on the south by a line fixed by definite metes, distances and calls, and this is the north line of the land claimed by defendant to have been purchased by him from Warren county, and this line, as well as all other lines of the land purchased by defendant, is limited to fixed…
1Opinion of the CourtLamm, J.
— The scene is laid near Loutre (alias, Otter) Island in the Missouri river — a historic spot in the early annals of Missouri. The dramatis personae are Frank, the owner of certain shore land on said river, i. e. the riparian owner, and Groddin, an islander. Frank bases a claim to the land involved somewhat upon the ownership of the shore, but mainly upon his purchase from Warren county on December 31, 1900, and a patent issued therefor February 8th, 1901, by said county under the provisions of article 6, chapter 122, Rev. Stats. 1899, relating to “accreted lands.”’ Groddin, in possession,…
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