Williams v. Pemiscot County

This is a suit to try and determine title to an island in the Mississippi River. There was a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff and defendants appealed. Plaintiff Williams claimed to have acquired title by adverse possession. The petition described the land as follows:

"`An island known as Williams' Big Island lying south of Section 18 and south and east of Sections 23, 24 and 26, all of said sections being in Township 20, North, Range 14 East, in Pemiscot County, Missouri, said island lying, being and situate in the Mississippi River and connected up with what is known as Williams' Little…