Supreme Court of Missouri July 3, 1908 (Thompson v. Ruddick)

LAMM, J.

In 1836, William H. Thompson entered the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter and the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 12, township 63, range 6 in Clark county, Missouri, and died in the 50’s or 60’s at Palmyra.

The land (we infer) was in the Mississippi river bottom and shown to be subject to overflow. Thompson never took possession.