Prichard v. Hink

574 S.W.2d 30, 1978 Mo. App. LEXIS 2398
CourtMissouri Court of Appeals
DecidedNovember 17, 1978
DocketNo. 10491
StatusPublished
Cited by5 cases

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Prichard v. Hink, 574 S.W.2d 30, 1978 Mo. App. LEXIS 2398 (Mo. Ct. App. 1978).

Opinion

TITUS, Judge.

This is a case about a St. Clair County slough (also spelled slew or slue) situate in the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of Sec. 1, Twp. 37, R. 28. The slough lies between an east-west county road to the south and the east-west Osage River to the north. Plaintiff, claiming the east boundary of his real estate was the lowest depression of the slough, brought suit to quiet title. Defendant, asserting the west bank of the slough was his west boundary line, counterclaimed. Defendant appealed after the trial court ruled “that the east line of Plaintiff’s said tract begins at the intersection of said county road with the center of the lowest depression or slough . . . thence northwesterly along the center of said depression or slough to the right [south] bank of the Osage River.” (We do not agree with the trial court’s apparent synonymizing “depression” with “slough.”)

Via the following diagram, we attempt to reproduce an illustrative exhibit of the involved area. Albeit there was testimony that the north-south distance between the county road and the river was 300 or 400 feet, the exhibit indicates the distance to be 400 feet. In the diagram, the slough is shown as the shaded area enclosed with broken lines; the solid line within the slough represents “kind of a gulley, or a cut or a wash at the bottom” thereof. Next to the road at the south end, the slough is roughly stated to be 40-60 feet wide and broadens to a width of about 280 feet where it adjoins the river.

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574 S.W.2d 30, 1978 Mo. App. LEXIS 2398, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/prichard-v-hink-moctapp-1978.