Crow v. Johnston

Appellee brought this suit to quiet his title to land claimed as an island in the Mississippi River.

He alleged in his complaint and amendment thereto that he owned “all of a certain towhead (designated as ‘Island 62 towhead’) between Islands 62 and 63, in the Mississippi River, adjoining and a part of section 36, T. 4, S., R. 3 E., 1,000 acres,” in Phillips county, Arkansas.

He further alleged “that he, and those under whom he claimed title, have heretofore paid state and county taxes on said described lands, . . . continuously for the years 1911 to 1931 inclusive, a period of more than…