Bradley v. Elsberry Drainage District

FINCH, Presiding Judge.

This appeal by plaintiffs is from an adverse judgment in a suit to quiet title. They sought to establish title to certain lands in themselves, subject to a right-of-way easement for levee purposes in defendant drainage district. We have jurisdiction because title to real estate is involved. Article V, § 3, Constitution of Missouri, 1945, V.A.M.S.

Defendant is a drainage district corporation, incorporated by the Circuit Court of Lincoln County on January 3, 1911.1 Thereafter, on June 29, 1916, in a proceeding instituted by defendant, the Lincoln County Circuit Court…