George T. Houston, III and Ruth H. Jarvis Baker v. United States Gypsum Company, a Corporation

COLEMAN, Circuit Judge.

What happens when an unstoppable force collides with an immovable object? In this case the unstoppable force is the never ending, often shifting, accretive processes of the Mississippi River. The immovable object is the boundary line of privately owned land in the bed of the river. 1 After an extended Bench trial, which accumulated a voluminous record, judgment went for the owner of the river bed. This appeal followed. We affirm the Judgment of the District Court as to the riparian ownership of the tract in dispute. We vacate the remand on the issue of adverse…