Jeffrey v. Grosvenor

SNELL, Justice.

This is an action to quiet title to Lot 1 of section 34, township 86, range 47, Wood-bury County, Iowa. The tract contains 37.55 acres and is what is commonly called Missouri river bottom land. We have had many cases involving such land.

We hope that ultimate victory of the Corps of Army Engineers over a stubborn and powerful antagonist, i. e. the Missouri river, will make possible the stabilizing of titles and the diminution of such controversies.

In Sieck v. Godsey, 254 Iowa 624, 625, 118 N.W.2d 555, Mr. Justice Thompson commented:

“This case comes to us by courtesy of the…