Board of President of the St. Louis Public Schools v. Risley
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. The court gave the following instructions on behalf of plaintiff: 2. The jury are instructed that the calls for the Mississippi river in the deeds or conveyances read in evidence from one private individual to another private individual, do not give or create riparian rights. 3. The eastern boundary line of the corporation of St. Louis, of 1809, read in evidence, and the eastern line of the out-boundary of December 8, 1840, read in…
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Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. The court gave the following instructions on behalf of plaintiff: 2. The jury are instructed that the calls for the Mississippi river in the deeds or conveyances read in evidence from one private individual to another private individual, do not give or create riparian rights. 3. The eastern boundary line of the corporation of St. Louis, of 1809, read in evidence, and the eastern line of the out-boundary of December 8, 1840, read in evidence, both extend to the eastern boundary of the State of Missouri, which is the middle of the main channel of the…
1Opinion of the CourtWagner, Judge
This was an action of ejectment, which resulted on the trial below in a verdict and judgment for respondents. The property, of which the title is drawn in question, is block 856 in the city of St. Louis, and lies between Hazel and Lorn-bard streets, and east of the old city block 44. It is shown, that, previously to 1844, the Mississippi river ran along the-eastern border of block 44 and considerably west of the present Main street. After the great flood of 1844 accretions began to form, and in a few years the shore in front of block 44 had reached several hundred feet. This led to a new…
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