Iowa Railroad Land Co. v. Coulthard
Nebraska Supreme Court
Appeal from the district court for Washington county; Alexander C. Troup, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtHamer, J.
' This is an appeal from Washington county. There was a petition in equity to quiet title to about 500 acres of land. The answer sets up want of jurisdiction, accretion, and adverse possession. There is a reply and an affirmative plea of avulsion.
The United States made its survey in Iowa in 1852 and in Nebraska in 1856. It is claimed by the Iowa Railroad Land Company that between the United States survey of 1852 and the survey of 1856 the Missouri river gradually cut to the north until it cut away all of section 34 in Iowa, and that it was running along near the north line of sec-*608lion 34 in…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Nebraska v. IowaSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Coulthard v. DavisSupreme Court of Iowa · 1897
3Cited by12 opinions
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