Dowdle v. Wheeler
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Conway Circuit Court in Chancery- Wieeiam D. Moose, Judge. The land is an accretion to the land of appellants. 84 Mo. 373; 16 Abb. N. C. 176; 37 Hun, 537; 69 N. W. (Wis.) 992; 55 N. W. (Wis.) 770; Gould on Waters (1883 Ed.), § 148; 146 U. S. 445; 61 Ark. 435; 134 Mo. 633, 36 S. W. 612; 64 S. W. 183, 187; 58 L. R. A. 193; 21 Pac.
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Appeal from Conway Circuit Court in Chancery- Wieeiam D. Moose, Judge. The land is an accretion to the land of appellants. 84 Mo. 373; 16 Abb. N. C. 176; 37 Hun, 537; 69 N. W. (Wis.) 992; 55 N. W. (Wis.) 770; Gould on Waters (1883 Ed.), § 148; 146 U. S. 445; 61 Ark. 435; 134 Mo. 633, 36 S. W. 612; 64 S. W. 183, 187; 58 L. R. A. 193; 21 Pac. (Cal.) 536; 63 Tex. 332-3; 73 Ark. 199. The action is barred by the statute of limitation. 75 Cal. 584; 17 Pac. '705; 51 N. Y. Supp. 937; 47 5. W. 821; 5 Cowen (N. Y.), 216; 136 Fed. 159; 74 Cal. xi; 47 S. W. (Tex.) 821; 56 Pac. 513. Appellee is estopped…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, J.
This was an action in ejectment brought by Mrs. G. M. Wheeler against R. A. and M. A. Dowdle to recover part of an accretion, which she claims had been formed.to the original land of which she held title.
The Dowdies filed an answer, denying that the land was an accretion to Mrs. Wheeler’s land and alleging that it was an accretion to their lands, and also pleaded the seven years statute of limitation. The case was transferred to equity on motion of the defendants. A decree was rendered in Mrs. Wheeler’s favor, and the Dowdies appealed.
There is no question that Mrs. Wheeler owns the original…
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