Allred v. Beigel and Evans

Plaintiffs sued Biegel, in replevin, for possession of an ancient Indian canoe found embedded in land owned by Mrs. Evans, intervenor. Trial to the court, without a jury, resulted in judgment for intervenor. Plaintiffs appeal.

Plaintiffs went swimming in the Chariton river, at a point where a new channel had been cut across a bend in the old river course. The new channel ran through land formerly owned by one Haney, who died many years ago. Haney devised the land to his wife, Nina, for her lifetime and then, in fee, to his daughter, Mrs. Evans.

After the new channel was excavated the banks…