Louisiana v. Mississippi

The bill seeks a decree locating and establishing a portion of the boundary line of Louisiana and- Mississippi, between Willow Point and adjacent premises in the former, and lands in Township 9 North, Range 8 West, in the latter state, where the Mississippi River forms what is known as Albemarle Bend.

In 1823 the thread of the navigable channel of the river was the true boundary line, and is corréctly located by surveys made by the Mississippi River Commission in 1823 and 1824. At that time the territory now in dispute was within Mississippi and consisted of an island (then known as Tullos…