Payne v. Hall
Supreme Court of Iowa
A.ppeal from Fremont District Court. — E. B. Woodruee, Judge. Aotion to quiet title to certain lands. Decree as prayed, and defendants Hall and Foster appeal. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtFaville, J.
This action involves certain lands adjacent to the Missouri River in Fremont County, Iowa. An understanding of the matters^in dispute can best be obtained by the examination of the accompanying plat.
*782It will be observed that there are three irregular lines running across the plat. The middle of these three lines represents the meander line of the Missouri River, which, it appears from the evidence, was also approximately the eastern bank of the river as it existed for some years after the original government survey, which was made in 1846. As indicated on the plat, the appellee, M. M. Payne,…
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