State v. Loy

The state of North Dakota brought this action to quiet title to certain described lands located in Mercer county which it asserted .were formed by accumulation and accretion in the bed of the Missouri River, a navigable stream. The defendant Toy filed an .answer and counterclaim alleging that the described lands were formed by accretion to the bank of the stream and demanding judgment quieting title to that part of the described land which was contiguous to his riparian property. Before trial the plaintiff, the defendant Boy and the other defendants who had not answered entered into an…