Holmes v. Haines

On September 13, 1912, George W. Marston owned the west half of the southeast quarter of Section 12, Township 78, North, Range 30, in Guthrie County, Iowa. This eighty-acre tract is crossed by the South Raccoon River, a non-navigable stream flowing in a southeasterly direction across the county. The outline below roughly shows the lands of the parties and the present and old course of the stream.

On the date above stated, Marston conveyed by warranty deed to John Thompson the following described land, to wit:

“Commencing at a point on the North Bank of the South Raccoon river Thirty-three (33)…