Coulthard v. McIntosh
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Harrison District Gourl. — Hon. W. R. Green, Judge. Action at law to recover possession of a tract of land. Verdict and judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
The land in controversy is upon or near the western boundary of the state, and the dispute to be here settled is only another phase of the confusion in titles which has arisen from the frequent shiftings of the channel of the Missouri River. The land along the eastern border of the river was surveyed by the United States government in the year 1851 or 1852. That survey showed township 79 N. of range 45 W. to be less than the standard measurement of six miles square, being abbreviated to some extent on both its western and southern borders by the river. Section 34 of this township was one of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Nebraska v. IowaSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Missouri v. NebraskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Glenn v. JeffreySupreme Court of Iowa · 1888
- Schlosser v. CruickshankSupreme Court of Iowa · 1895
- Coulthard v. DavisSupreme Court of Iowa · 1897
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Kitteridge v. RitterSupreme Court of Iowa · 1915
- Bigelow v. HerrinkSupreme Court of Iowa · 1925
- Wiltse v. BoltonNebraska Supreme Court · 1937
- City of Sioux City v. BetzSupreme Court of Iowa · 1942
- Coulthard v. DavisSupreme Court of Iowa · 1911
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