County of St. Clair v. Lovingston
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Supreme Court of Illinois. The county of St. Clair, Illinois, brought ejectment against Lovingston, for a piece of land within its own boundaries, situated on the east bank of the river Mississippi (as its east bank now runs), opposite to St. Louis.
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Error to the Supreme Court of Illinois. The county of St. Clair, Illinois, brought ejectment against Lovingston, for a piece of land within its own boundaries, situated on the east bank of the river Mississippi (as its east bank now runs), opposite to St. Louis. The land was confessedly “ made land;” that is to say, it was land formed by accretion or alluvion, in the general sense of that word; though whether it was land made by accretion or alluvion in the technical or legal sense of the word was a point in dispute between the parties in .the case. The bank of the river had confessedly, in…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice S Wayne
We shall assume, for the pui’poses of this opinion, that all the title which could be passed by Congi’ess and the State was and is vested in the plaintiff in error.
It is not denied, on the other hand, that a valid title to the surveys 579 and 786 is vested in those under whom the defendant in. error holds.
Two questions ai’e thus presented for our determination :
One is, whether the river-line was the’original west boundary of the surveys, or either of them ?
Tiie othex’, if this inquii’y be answered in the affirmative, is, to whom the accretion belongs ?
The fii’st is a mixed question of law and…
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