Lawrence v. Byrnes

On June 4, 1821, the predecessor in title of appellants received a patent from the United States for fractional Section 24 in Tp. 12 of R. 4 E., Claiborne County, the quantity being recited as 136> acres. On December 12, 1821, appellee’s predecessor in title received a patent for Section 14 in the same township and range. The boundary line between these sections is a stream called Bayou Pierre.

Until forty or fifty years ago the channel of this stream shifted from time to time. There seems to have been three surveys of these sections by the government. The last was made in 1847. Looking to the…