Marshall Dental Manufacturing Co. v. Iowa
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF IOWA. The facts, which involve the title to a meandered lake in the State of Iowa, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is a petition brought by the State of Iowa to enjoin the defendants from draining the waters of Goose Lake, in Greene County, Iowa. The defendant, now plaintiff in error, set up title, on the ground that the so-called lake, a tract of several hundred acres, was swamp land and was granted to the' State by the act of September 28,1850, c. 84, 9 Stat. 520; Rev. Stats. §2479; that it passed to Greene County by an act of the legislature of January 13, 1853, and thence by mesne conveyances to this' defendant. After a trial the court of first instance entered a decree for the plaintiff, and the…
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