Anderson

The three actions above named were tried together, and involve only one question, to wit, the ownership of a tract of land lying between the meander line and the waters of Clear Lake. The respective plaintiffs had judgment and the defendant appeals.

The actions were brought to quiet the title to lots 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of section 29, township 15 north, range 7 west, M. D. B. & M., abutting on Clear Lake, the plaintiffs alleging ownership to the actual water-line on the lake, irrespective of the meander line, as shown by the original survey of the property in dispute. The tract in dispute involves approximately 83 acres, of which the plaintiff Iantha C. Anderson claims to be the owner of 39.50 acres. The plaintiff John Russel Anderson alleges ownership to 43 acres of the tract, and the plaintiff Baylis Estate Company, a corporation, alleges ownership to approximately 2.25 acres. The record shows ownership in the plaintiff John Russel Anderson of lots 1 and 2; ownership in Iantha C. Anderson of lots 3 and 4, save and except a certain portion thereof .owned by the Baylis Estate Company, lot 5 being owned also by the Baylis Estate Company.

Section 29-' was originally surveyed in…