Williamson v. Chicago Mill & Lumber Co.

MARTINEAU, District Judge.

The plaintiff, Lamar Williamson, seeks in this suit to quiet his title to two islands, known as Georgetown Towhead Island and Little Island, lying in the Mississippi river in Chicot county, Ark., against the claims of defendants. His .title to these lands is based upon a deed issued to him by the state of Arkansas on September 27, 1929, under the Island Act (Acts Ark. 1917, No. 282, p. 1468).

Defendants say that plaintiff has no title to the lands in dispute, because the Island Act, under the terms of whieh the lands were deeded to him by the Commissioner of State…