Younts v. Crockett

This is a suit by the appellants, Younts and his wife, to quiet their title to a tract of six or seven acres lying on the west bank of the Arkansas river. In 1917 the land in dispute was part of a larger tract which was platted in that year as Lot 1. As platted, Lot 1 was a long narrow lot that extended from the river bank on the east to Lot 5 on the west. The appellants are the owners of Lot 5. They contend that after the two lots were plaltted the river gradually moved to the west to such a distance that Lot 1 was completely submerged and eroded away. They further contend that the river…