Kansas v. Missouri

322 U.S. 654, 88 L. Ed. 1518, 64 S. Ct. 1202, 1944 U.S. LEXIS 1285
Supreme Court of the United States·Decided June 5, 1944·No. No. 9·Published·Cited by 2 cases

Opinion

This cause having been submitted upon the pleadings, evidence and exhibits, after arguments by counsel, and upon the Master’s Report, and the Court having duly considered same and being sufficiently advised,

It Is Ordered, Adjudged and Decreed that the boundary line between the States of Kansas and Missouri, which extends from the intersection of the Missouri River with the 40th parallel, north latitude, southward to the middle of the mouth of the Kaw or Kansas River, be and it is hereby established as the middle line of the main navigable channel of said Missouri River as said river flowed at the time of the filing of Complainant’s Bill of Complaint herein, throughout the entire course of said river from its intersection with the 40th parallel, north latitude, southward to the middle of the mouth of the Kaw or Kansas River, with the exception of such deviations and departures from the course of said Missouri River, as it then flowed, as are covered by and provided for in the written stipulations between the parties and are incorporated in the description of said entire boundary hereinafter set forth.

The boundary line nereinbefore mentioned and hereby established is more particularly described as follows, to-wit:

Beginning with the fortieth parallel of north latitude, the same being the boundary between the State of Kansas and the State of Nebraska, (at its intersection with the Missouri River) thence down the course or channel of the said Missouri River to a place therein opposite which the left bank thereof is a point 15.50 chains West and 9.75 chains South of the Northwest corner of Section Fourteen, [655]*655Township One-South, Range Nineteen-East, Doniphan County, Kansas.

Thence departing upon and from the left bank (at a point 15.50 chs. South of the NW. corner of Sec. 14, T. 1 S., R. 19 E., Doniphan County, Kansas) of the present course or channel of the said Missouri River and running N. 40° 33' E. for a distance of 34.33 chs. ;

Thence N. 73°00' E. for a distance of 20.89 chs.;
Thence N. 72°30' E. for a distance of 21.30 chs.;
Thence N. 73°40' E. for a distance of 5.22 chs. (the same being a point 14.44 chs. South of the SW. corner of Sec. 26, T. 60 N., R. 39 W., Holt County, Missouri);
Thence N. 73°40' E. for a distance of 8.59 chs.;
Thence N. 74°45' E. for a distance of 10.01 chs.;
Thence N. 72°15' E. for a distance of 12.09 chs.;
Thence N. 77°00' E. for a distance of 1.32 chs. (the same being a point 36.24 chs. North of the NW. corner of Sec. 13, T. 1 S., R. 19 E., Doniphan County, Kansas);
Thence N. 73°45' E. for a distance of 6.99 chs. (the same being a point 3.57 chs. South of the quarter section corner on the South side of Sec. 26, T. 60 N., R. 39 W., Holt County, Missouri) ;
Thence N. 73°45' E. for a distance of 33.35 chs. (the same being a point 7.75 chs. North of the center of Sec. 12, T. 1 S., R. 19 E., Doniphan County, Kansas);
Thence S. 85°00' E. for a distance of 40.20 chs.;
Thence S. 83°30' E. for a distance of 8.00 chs. (the samé being a point 38.66 chs. South of the center of Sec. 25, T. 60 N., R. 39 W., Holt County, Missouri) ;
Thence S. 83°30' E. for a distance of 4.95 chs.;
Thence S. 82°45' E. for a distance of 11.01 chs.;
Thence S. 80°30' E. for a distance of 9.91 chs.;
Thence S. 80°00' E. for a distance of 8.95 chs.;
Thence S. 46°00' E. for a distance of 8.67 chs.;
Thence S. 42°30' E. for a distance of 10.45 chs.;
Thence S. 38°00' E. for a distance of 10.98 chs.;
[656]*656Thence S. 40°30' E. for a distance of 9.99 chs.;
Thence S. 38°00' E. for a distance of 9.89 chs. (the same being to the center of the road) ;
Thence S. 18°00' E. for a distance of 12.57 chs.;
Thence S. 14°26' E. for a distance of 13.72 chs.;
Thence S. 8°30' W. for a distance of 11.74 chs. (the same being a point 40.52 chs. West of the SE. corner of Sec. 31, T. 60 N., R. 38 W., Holt County, Missouri);
Thence S. 8°30' W. for a distance of 5.60 chs.;
Thence S. 12°30' W. for a distance of 12.22 chs.;
Thence S. 19°30' W. for a distance of 8.98 chs.;
Thence S. 25°00' W. for a distance of 15.50 chs. (the same being a point 52.98 chs. W. and 1.24 chs. South of the E. quarter corner of Sec. 6, T. 59 N., R. 38 W., Holt County, Missouri, which point also is 68.80 chs. East of and 0.47 ch. South of the corner to Secs. 13, 18, 19, 24 in T. 1 S., Rs. 19 and 20 E., Doniphan County, Kansas);
Thence S. 36°45' W. for a distance of 21.00 chs.;
Thence S. 28°30' W. for a distance of 18.50 chs.;
Thence S. 38° 15' W. (for a distance of 36.30 chs.) to the left bank of the Missouri River, at which latter point the said boundary returns to the left bank of the present course or channel of the said Missouri River and from there down the course or channel of the said Missouri River to the place therein where the said Missouri River intersects the West line of Sec. 28, T. 59 N., R. 38 W., Holt County, Missouri.

Thence from the place where the Missouri River intersects the West line of Sec. 28, T. 59 N., R. 38 W., Holt County, Missouri, on down the course or channel of the said Missouri River, and with the middle line of the maña navigable channel of said Missouri River as the same flowed on the 27th day of May, 1940, through the section of said river known as Eorbes Bend, in a general easterly and southeasterly direction downstream to the lower end of Forbes Bend to a point in the present course or channel [657]*657of said Missouri River opposite which the left bank of said river intersects the North and South center section line of Sec. 1, T. 58 N., R. 38 W., in Holt County, Missouri, and then beginning at said point in the present course or channel of the said Missouri River opposite which point the left bank of the said Missouri River intersects the North and South center section line of Sec. 1, T. 58 N., R. 38 W., in Holt County, Missouri, and thence proceeding down the course or channel of the said Missouri River to the place therein opposite which the left bank of said Missouri River is a point 2,216 feet West and 2,096 feet South of the Northeast corner of the NW. quarter Sec. 22, T. 2 S., R. 21 E. in Doniphan County, Kansas.

Thence departing upon and from the left bank (at a point 2,216 feet West and 2,096 feet South of the Northeast corner of the NW. quarter of Sec. 22, T. 2 S., R. 21 E., in Doniphan County, Kansas) of the present course or channel of the said Missouri River and running thence N. 19° 13' E., 2,200 feet;

Thence N. 46°30' E., 4,312 feet;
Thence N. 29°40' E., 5,104 feet;
Thence N. 35°45' E., 3,432 feet;

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