Legal Opinion
Mather v. State
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided September 19, 1972No. 54965PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LeGRAND, Justice.
This is a quiet title action seeking to settle ownership of lands formed by accretion along the Missouri River at a location known as Omadi Bend in Woodbury County.
Plaintiffs are riparian owners who claim the land accreted to their shores. The State of Iowa, on the other hand, resists this claim and by cross-petition asserts the land in question attached to an island in the Missouri River. Several actions, started independently, were consolidated for trial. Since the issues raised are common to all plaintiffs, we discuss them as though there were only one action.
The trial…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Payne v. HallSupreme Court of Iowa · 1921
- Holman v. HodgesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1901
- Katko v. BrineySupreme Court of Iowa · 1971
- McBride v. SteinwedenSupreme Court of Kansas · 1906
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Nielsen v. StratbuckerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1982
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