George T. Houston, III and Ruth H. Jarvis Baker v. United States Gypsum Company

CHARLES CLARK, Circuit Judge:

This is a Mississippi adverse possession case on appeal from proceedings held following a remand from this court, 569 F.2d 880. At issue is title to wild, undeveloped accretion property on the southern tip of Stack Island in the Mississippi River. The plaintiffs, George T. Houston, III, and his sister Ruth Houston Jarvis Baker, are record owners of Stack Island proper. The defendant, United Stated Gypsum Company, owns the accretion property which is the subject of this litigation. The district court held that the Houstons had acquired title to the island…