Fillmore v. Jennings

— This is an action to recover land formed by accretion. Defendants had judgment in the superior court, from which, and from an order denying a new trial, the plaintiff appeals. The essential facts out of which the controversy arises, and upon which its solution depends, are these: Eel River flows westerly. Before reaching the ocean it divides into two channels, the main channel being on the north, and the smaller channel, known as Eastlake Slough, being on the south. Between these two channels is a body of swamp land of several hundred acres, called Cock Robin Island. When the township…