State v. Gunther & Shirley Company

CAMERON, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the trial court sitting without a jury quieting title to certain land along the left bank of the Colorado River in southern Yuma County, Arizona. Findings of facts and conclusions of law were requested and from the findings and conclusions and the judgment the defendant, State of Arizona, appeals to this Court.

We are called upon to determine:

1. Whether the disputed land developed by the process of accretion.

2. Does Arizona follow the doctrine of accretion ?

3. Did the court err in admitting plainiffs’ Exhibits 20 and 21, being the…