Edward J. Simons v. United States of America

JONES, Circuit Judge:

The appellants claim ownership of land which they assert to be in Wichita County, Texas, having the South bank of the Red River as its Northern boundary. The South bank of the Red River has been established as the boundary line between Texas and Oklahoma. The lands in Oklahoma, across the river North of the lands claimed by the appellants, are Indian lands, held by the United States as trustee for designated Indians.

Subsequent to the establishment of the boundary, a substantial body of land was built up by a slow process of accretion along the South bank of the river,…