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A
101 Ranch v. U.S., 905 F.2d 180 (8th Cir. 1990).
Definition - Littoral Land
Definition - Riparian Land
Riparian Rights - Navigable Watercourses
Riparian Rights - Reliction
Riparian Rights
Riparian Rights - Submergence
Agnew v. City of Pawnee City, 79 Neb. 603, 113 N.W. 236 (1907).
Abandonment
Alexander Hamilton Life Insurance Co. v. Virgin Islands, 757 F.2d 534 (3rd Cir. 1985).
Riparian Rights
Anderson v. Cumpston, 258 Neb. 891, ___ N.W.2d ___ (2000).
Definition - Avulsion
Definition - Thread of the Channel
Riparian Rights - Avulsion
Riparian Rights - Boundary Follows Channel
Application of Central Neb. Public Power & Irrigation Dist., 138 Neb. 742, 295 N.W. 386 (1941).
Riparian Rights - Converse of Streams
Aro Inv. Co. v. City of Omaha, 179 Neb. 569, 139 N.W.2d 349 (1966).
Dedication - Acceptance of
Dedication - by Acts
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Bahn v. Raikes, 160 Neb. 503, 70 N.W.2d 507 (1955).
Riparian Rights - Boundary Follows Channel
Ballard v. Hansen, 33 Neb. 861, 51 N.W.295 (1892).
Adverse Possession - Hostile
Banner County v. Young, 184 Neb. 546, 169 N.W.2d 280 (1969).
Dedication - Acceptance of
Highway - Establish
Barnes v. Milligan, 196 Neb. 50, 241 N.W.2d 508 (1976).
Adverse Possession - Elements of
Barnes v. Milligan, 200 Neb. 450, 264 N.W.2d 186 (1978).
Adverse Possession - Land Used Continuously
Adverse Possession - Motives
Adverse Possession - Occupy With Intent to own
Barry v. Deloughrey, 47 Neb. 354, 66 N.W. 410 (1896).
Highway - Establish
Barry v. Wittmersehouse, 212 Neb. 909, 327 N.W.2d 33 (1982).
Evidence - Plats
Baty v. Elrod, 66 Neb. 735, 92 N.W. 1032 (1902), aff'd, 66 Neb. 744, 97 N.W. 343 (1903).
Boundaries - Determine from Evidence
Evidence - Expert Witnesses
Bear v. United States, 611 F.Supp. 589 (D.C. Neb. 1985), aff'd, 810 F.2d 153 (8th Cir. 1987).
Riparian Rights - Accretion
Riparian Rights - Reliction
Belgum v. City of Kimball, 163 Neb. 774, 81 N.W.2d 205 (1957).
Dedication - Common Law Distinction
Dedication - Effect of Vacating -- Dedicate Street
Bennett v. Evans, 161 Neb. 807, 74 N.W.2d 728 (1956).
Easements - Implied
Benson v. Daly, 38 Neb. 155, 56 N.W. 788 (1893).
Boundaries - Establish by Agreement and Acquiescence
Beren Corp. v. Spader, 198 Neb. 677, 255 N.W.2d 247 (1977).
Adverse Possession - Quiet Title
Conveyance - Legal Description
Berglund v. Sisler, 210 Neb. 258, 313 N.W.2d 679 (1981).
Adverse Possession - Elements of
Adverse Possession - Motives
Bibow v. Gerrard, 209 Neb. 10 , 306 N.W.2d 148 (1981).
Government Corners - Rule for Locating
Bock v. Potterfield, 80 Neb. 523, 114 N.W. 597 (1908).
Boundary Disputes - Evidence
Bode v. Flobert Indus., Inc., 197 Neb. 488, 249 N.W.2d 750 (1977), rev'd on other grounds, 211 Neb. 757, 320 N.W.2d 463 (1982).
Adverse Possession - Quiet Title
Bonelli Cattle Co. v. U.S., 414 U.S. 313, 94 S.Ct. 517 (1973), overruled on other grounds, Oregon ex rel. State Land Board v. Corvallis Sand & Gravel Co., 429 U.S. 353, 97 S.Ct. 582 (1977).
Riparian Rights - Navigable Watercourses
Riparian Rights - Submergence
Booth v. Wilkinson, 195 Neb. 730, 240 N.W.2d 578 (1976).
Conveyance - Intent of Parties Prevail
Bredehoft v. County of Platte, 167 Neb. 603, 94 N.W.2d 18 (1959).
Road Width
Breiner v. Holt County, 7 Neb.App. 132, 581 N.W.2d 89 (1998).
Abandonment
Dedication - Through Prescription
Easements - Elements to Prove a Prescriptive Right
Highways
Public Highways and Roads
Trespass
Brooks v. Stanley, 66 Neb. 826, 92 N.W. 1013 (1902).
Boundaries - Trees and Hedges
Brummond v. Vogel, 184 Neb. 415, 168 N.W.2d 24 (1969).
Riparian Rights - Upstream Use of Water
Burk v. Diers, 102 Neb. 721, 169 N.W.2d 263.
Dedication - Permissive Use of Land
Burket v. Krimlofski, 167 Neb. 45, 91 N.W.2d 57 (1958).
Adverse Possession - Accretion
Definition - Island
Riparian Rights - Accretion to an Island
Riparian Rights - Reliction
Burkhardt v. Cihlar, 149 Neb. 712, 32 N.W.2d 197 (1948).
Dedication - Width of Dedication
Butts v. Hale, 157 Neb. 334, 59 N.W.2d 583 (1953).
Dedication - Knowledge and Acquiescence
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Carpenter v. Fager, 188 Kan. 234, 361 P.2d 861 (1961).
Boundaries - Easements
Carter v. State Dept. of Roads, 198 Neb. 519, 254 N.W.2d 390 (1977).
Conveyance - Intent
Highways
Chalen v. Cialino, 206 Neb. 106, 291 N.W.2d 256 (1980).
Easements by Prescription - Creation
Chicago, B. & Q. R. Co. v. Douglas County, 1 Neb. (Unoff.) 247, 95 N.W. 339 (1901).
Trespass
Christensen v. City of Tekamah, 432 N.W.2d 798, 230 Neb. 576 (1988).
Conveyance - Metes and Bounds
City of McCook v. Red Willow County, 133 Neb. 380, 275 N.W.2d 396 (1937).
Dedication - Permissive Use of Land
City of Omaha v. Douglas County, 125 Neb. 640, 251 N.W. 262 (1933).
Dedication - Through Prescription
City of Scottsbluff v. Kennedy, 141 Neb. 728, 4 N.W.2d 878 (1942).
Adverse Possession - Irregular Tracts
Dedication - Parol, Implied by Acts, by Time
Dedication - Permissive Use of Land
Clark v. Thornburg, 66 Neb. 717, 92 N.W. 1056 (1902).
Boundaries - Acquiescence
Boundaries - Establish by Agreement and Acquiescence
Boundaries - Establish by Agreement
Boundaries - Establish by Acquiescence
Evidence - Field Notes
Close v. Swanson, 64 Neb. 389, 89 N.W. 1043 (1902).
Dedication - Acceptance of
Cofer v. Kuhlmann, 214 Neb. 341, 333 N.W.2d 905 (1983).
Adverse Possession - Land Used Continuously
Riparian Rights - Avulsion
Riparian Rights - Thread of the Channel
Commissioners of Land Office of State of Oklahoma v. United States, 270 F. 110 (1920).
Riparian Rights - Boundary Follows Channel
Conkey v. Anderson Farms, Inc., 205 Neb. 708, 289 N.W.2d 541 (1980).
Boundaries - Common Property
Conkey v. Knudsen, 141 Neb. 517, 4 N.W.2d 290, vacated, 143 Neb. 5, 8 N.W.2d 538 (1943).
Riparian Rights - Accretion and Reliction
Conkey v. Knudsen, 143 Neb. 5, 8 N.W.2d 538 (1943).
Definition - Accretion
Definition - Avulsion
Definition - Batture
Riparian Rights - Accretion
Riparian Rights - Reliction
Riparian Rights - Thread of Stream
Converse v. Kenyon, 178 Neb. 151, 132 N.W.2d 334 (1965).
Adverse Possession - Establish Boundary Line
Adverse Possession - Elements of
Adverse Possession - Mistaken Boundary
Boundaries - Surveys
Coy v. Miller, 31 Neb. 348, 47 N.W. 1046 (1891).
Government Corners
Crawford Co. v. Hathaway, 67 Neb. 325, 93 N.W. 781 (1903).
Riparian Rights
Cunningham v. Covalt, 204 Neb. 512, 283 N.W.2d 53 (1979).
Evidence - Secondary Evidence
Cunningham v. Stice, 181 Neb. 299, 147 N.W.2d 921 (1967).
Adverse Possession - Elements of
Adverse Possession - Mistaken Boundary
Curren v. All Persons Having or Claiming Any Interest in Certain Real Estate, 149 Neb. 477, 31 N.W.2d (1948).
Definition - Thread of the Channel
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Dartmouth College v. Rose, 172 Neb. 764, 112 N.W.2d 256 (1961).
Definition - Reliction
Davco Realty Co. v. Picnic Foods, Inc., 198 Neb. 193, 252 N.W.2d 142 (1997).
Abandonment
Deloughery v. Lapsley, 110 Neb. 105, 193 N.W. 109 (1923).
Highway - Establish
Donovan v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., 104 Neb. 364, 177 N.W. 159 (1920).
Dedication - Width of Dedication
Dowd v. City of Omaha, Douglas County, 2 Neb. App. 958, 520 N.W.2d 549 (1994).
Boundaries - Easements
Conveyance - Metes and Bounds
Conveyance - Streets and Alleys
Dugan v. Jensen, 244 Neb. 937, 510 N.W.2d 313 (1994).
Adverse Possession - Elements of
Adverse Possession - Evidence
Adverse Possession - Land Used Continuously
Adverse Possession - Motives
Adverse Possession - Quiet Title
Trespass
Dunnick v. Stockgrowers Bank of Marmouth, 191 Neb. 370, 215 N.W.2d 93 (1974).
Evidence - Easements
Durfee v. Keiffer, 168 Neb. 272, 95 N.W.2d 618 (1959).
Definition - Reliction
Riparian Rights - Accretion to an Island
Riparian Rights - Avulsion
Riparian Rights - Boundary Follows Channel
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Egan v. Light, 4 Neb. Unof. 127, 93 N.W. 859 (1903).
Boundaries - Establish by Agreement
Elsasser v. Szymanski, 163 Neb. 65, 77 N.W.2d 815 (1956).
Boundaries - Establish by Acquiescence
Boundaries - Establish by Action in Equity
Boundaries
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F&J Enterprises, Inc. v. DeMontigny, 6 Neb.App. 259, 573 N.W.2d 153 (1997).
Adverse Possession - Elements of
Adverse Possession - Land Used Continuously
Adverse Possession - Motives
Easements - Elements to Prove a Prescriptive Right
Fiese v. Sitorius, 247 Neb. 227, 526 N.W.2d 86 (1995).
Easements - Avigation
Easements by Prescription - Creation
Fitzgerald v. Brewster, 31 Neb. 51, 47 N. W. 475 (1890).
Adverse Possession - Motives
Flobert Indus. v. Stuhr, 216 Neb. 389, 343 N.W.2d 917 (1984).
Trespass
Frank v. Smith, 138 Neb. 382, 293 N.W. 329 (1940).
Definition - Accretion
Riparian Rights - Accretion and Reliction
Riparian Rights - Reliction
Franz v. Nelson, 183 Neb. 137, 158 N.W.2d 606 (1968).
Trespass
Fritsch v. Hilton Land & Co., 245 Neb. 469, 513 N.W.2d 534 (1994).
Evidence - Easements
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George Rose Sodding & Grading Co., Inc. v. City of Omaha, 187 Neb. 683, 193 N.W.2d 556 (1972), appeal on remand, 190 Neb. 12, 205 N.W.2d 655 (1973).
Trespass
Georgetowne Ltd. Part. v. Geotechnical Servs., 230 Neb. 22, 430 N.W.2d 32 (1988).
Definition - Profession
Giger v. City of Omaha, 232 Neb. 676, 442 N.W.2d 182 (1989).
Riparian Rights - Boundary Follows Channel
Gill v. Lydick, 40 Neb. 508, 59 N.W. 104 (1894).
Riparian Rights - Accretion Caused by Water
Gozee v. Grant, 81 Neb. 597, 116 N.W. 508 (1908).
Boundaries - Establish by Agreement
Growney v. C M H Real Estate Co., 195 Neb. 398, 238 N.W.2d 240 (1976).
Government Corners - Rule for Locating
Gustin v. Scheele, 250 Neb. 269, 549 N.W.2d 135 (1996).
Adverse Possession - Establish Boundary Line
Adverse Possession - Elements of
Adverse Possession - Notorious
Adverse Possession - Quiet Title
Public Highways and Roads
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Hadley v. Ideus, 220 Neb. 878, 374 N.W.2d 231 (1985).
Adverse Possession - Elements of
Hakanson v. Manders, 158 Neb. 397, 63 N.W.2d 436 (1954).
Boundaries - Establish by Acquiescence
Haney v. Hewitt, 105 Neb. 746, 181 N.W.861 (1921).
Riparian Rights - Subsequently Formed Islands
Hardt v. Eskam, 218 Neb. 81, 352 N.W. 2d 583 (1984).
Adverse Possession - Elements of
Adverse Possession - Land Used Continuously
Trespass
Hardt v. Orr, 142 Neb. 460, 6 N.W.2d 589 (1942).
Conveyance - Riparian Land
Definition - Thread of the Channel
Riparian Rights - Subsequently Formed Islands
Riparian Rights - Own Soil to Thread of Stream
Riparian Rights
Riparian Rights - Thread of the Channel
Riparian Rights - Thread of Stream
Hartwig v. Berggren, 179 Neb. 718, 140 N.W.2d 22 (1966).
Definition - Geographic Centerline
Riparian Rights - Accretion to an Island
Riparian Rights - Meander Lines
Hausner v. Melia, 212 Neb. 764, 325 N.W.2d 31 (1982).
Boundaries - Acquiescence
Boundaries - Establish by Agreement
Boundaries - Establish by Acquiescence
Boundaries
Heider v. Kautz, 165 Neb. 649, 87 N.W.2d (1958).
Definition - Thread of the Channel
Riparian Rights - Accretion to an Island
Hengen v. Hengen, 211 Neb. 276, 318 N.W.2d 269 (1982).
Easements - Implied
Henry v. Ward, 49 Neb. 392, 68 N.W. 518 (1896).
Trespass
Higgins v. Adelson, 131 Neb. 820, 270 N.W. 502 (1936).
Definition - Thread of the Channel
Riparian Rights - Own Soil to Thread of Stream
Riparian Rights
Riparian Rights - Thread of the Channel
Hillary Corp. v. United States Cold Storage, Inc., 250 Neb. 397, 550 N.W.2d 889 (1996).
Abandonment
Easements - Implied
Hogue v. Burgois, 71 N.W.2d 47 (N.D. 1955).
Riparian Rights - Submergence
Hoke v. Welsh, 162 Neb. 831, 77 N.W.2d 659 (1956).
Conveyance - Reference to Second Document
Definition - Monument
Holst v. Streitz, 16 Neb. 219, 20 N.W. 307 (1884).
Boundaries - Plat Conflicts with Survey
Horkey v. Schriner, 215 Neb. 498, 340 N.W.2d 1 (1983).
Adverse Possession - Establish Boundary Line
Adverse Possession - Evidence
Boundaries - Fences
Trespass
Howard v. Brown, 37 Neb. 902, 56 N.W. 713 (1893).
Highway - Establish
Hurn v. Alter, 80 Neb. 183, 113 N.W. 986 (1907).
Evidence - Improvements
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In re Central Nebraska Public Power & Irrigation District, 138 Neb. 742, 295 N.W. 386 (1941).
Riparian Rights - Subsequently Formed Islands
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Jaynes v. Omaha Street Railway Co., 53 Neb. 631, 74 N.W. 67 (1898).
Dedication - Fee Held in Public Trust
Johnk v. Union P. R. Co., 99 Neb. 763, 157 N.W. 918 (1916).
Riparian Rights - Upstream Use of Water
Johnson v. Airport Auth., 173 Neb. 801, 115 N.W.2d 426 (1962).
Easements - Avigation
Johnson v. Mays, 216 Neb. 890, 346 N.W.2d 401 (1984).
Easements - Implied
Johnson v. Preston, 9 Neb. 474, 4 N.W. 83 (1880).
Evidence - Secondary Evidence
Jones v. Schmidt, 170 Neb. 351, 102 N.W.2d 640 (1960).
Adverse Possession - Land Used Continuously
Adverse Possession - Quiet Title
Definition - Reliction
Jurgens v. Wiese, 151 Neb. 549, 38 N.W.2d 261 (1949).
Boundaries - Common Property
Boundaries - Trees and Hedges
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Kelley v. Long, 3 Neb. App. 467, 529 N.W. 2d 72 (1995).
Adverse Possession - Elements of
Adverse Possession - Quiet Title
Kennedy v. Gottschalk, 138 Neb. 842, 295 N.W. 813 (1941).
Boundaries - Establish by Acquiescence
Definition - Acquiescence
Kimes v. Libby, 87 Neb. 113, 126 N.W. 869 (1910).
Boundaries - Establish by Agreement
Kinkead v. Turgeon, 74 Neb. 580, 109 N.W. 744 (1906).
Riparian Rights
Riparian Rights - Thread of Stream
Kissinger v. State, 123 Neb. 856, 244 N.W. 794 (1932).
County Surveyor - Duties
Kittell v. Jensen, 37 Neb. 685, 56 N.W. 487 (1893).
Boundaries - Determine from Evidence
Kiwanis Club Found. v. Yost, 179 Neb. 598, 139 N.W.2d 359 (1966).
Riparian Rights - Upstream Use of Water
Kluck v. Mentzer, 217 Neb. 8, 347 N.W.2d 306 (1984).
Riparian Rights - Boundary Follows Channel
Knight v. Denman, 64 Neb. 814, 90 N.W. 863 (1902).
Adverse Possession - Land Used Continuously
Knoll v. Randolph, 3 Neb. 599, 92 N.W. 195 (1902).
Evidence - Field Notes
Koviak v. Union Electric Company, 442 S.W.2d 934 (Mo. 1969).
Boundaries - Easements
Kraft v. Mettenbrink, 5 Neb.App. 344, 559 N.W.2d 503 (1997).
Adverse Possession - Elements of
Adverse Possession - Mistaken Boundary
Adverse Possession - Notorious
Adverse Possession - Occupy With Intent to own
Boundaries - Acquiescence
Boundaries - Surveys
Krimlofski v. Matters, 174 Neb. 774, 119 N.W.2d 501 (1963).
Riparian Rights - Accretion to an Island
Krueger v. Jenkins, 59 Neb. 641, 81 N.W. 844 (1900).
Public Highways and Roads
Krumwiede v. Rose, 177 Neb. 570, 129 N.W.2d 491 (1964).
Riparian Rights - Accretion
Riparian Rights - Accretion and Reliction
Riparian Rights - Accretion to an Island
Riparian Rights - Reliction
Kubicek v. Kubicek, 186 Neb. 802, 186 N.W.2d 923 (1971).
Conveyance - Legal Description
Kunz v. Bornemeier, 170 Neb. 463, 102 N.W.2d 842 (1960).
Highway - Establish
Public Highways and Roads
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L. Robert Kimball Consulting Engineers, Inc. v. Ryan, 195 Neb. 677, 240 N.W.2d 40 (1976).
Land Survey - By Electronic Means
Lammers v. Nissen, 4 Neb. 245 (1876).
Definition - Accretion
Lancaster County, ex rel. Rosewell v. Graham, 120 Neb. 785, 235 N.W. 338 (1931).
Highway - Establish by Prescription
Lawyers Title Ins. Corp. v. Hoffman, 245 Neb. 507, 513 N.W.2d 521 (1994).
Definition - Profession
Layher v. Dove, 207 Neb. 736, 301 N.W.2d 90 (1981).
Adverse Possession - Exact Description of Property
Adverse Possession - Quiet Title
Boundaries - Surveys
Boundaries
Leu v. Littell, 2 Neb. App. 323, 513 N.W.2d 24 (1993).
Easements - Elements to Prove a Prescriptive Right
Evidence - Easements
Highways
Highway - Establish by Prescription
Public Highways and Roads
Linch v. Nichelson, 178 Neb. 67, 134 N.W.2d 796 (1965).
Adverse Possession - Quiet Title
Boundaries
Lippire v. Eckel, 178 Neb. 643, 134 N.W.2d 796 (1965).
Conveyance - Intent of Parties Prevail
Littlejohn v. Fink, 109 Neb. 282, 190 N.W. 1020 (1922).
Boundaries - Subdivision of Section
Luchsinger v. Loup River Public Power Dist., 140 Neb. 179, 299 N.W. 549 (1941).
Riparian Rights - Reasonable Use of Water
Ludwig v. Matter, 210 Neb. 87, 313 N.W.2d 234 (1981).
Conveyance - Legal Description
Lunzmann v. Yost, 182 Neb. 101, 153 N.W.2d 294 (1967).
Adverse Possession - Quiet Title
Lynch v. Egan, 67 Neb. 541, 93 N.W. 775 (1903).
Boundaries - Establish by Agreement
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Mack v. Luebbens, 182 Neb. 832, 341 N.W.2d 335 (1983).
Adverse Possession - Quiet Title
Mader v. Mettenbrink, 159 Neb. 118, 65 N.W.2d 334 (1954).
Abandonment
Natural Stream
Maloley v. City of Lexington, 3 Neb. App. 976, 536 N.W.2d 916 (1995).
Highway - Access
Martin v. Kozuszek, 216 Neb. 705, 345 N.W.2d 26 (1984).
Adverse Possession - Establish Boundary Line
Masid v. First State Bank, 213 Neb. 431, 329 N.W.2d 560 (1983).
Abandonment
Matzke v. Hackbart, 224 Neb. 535, 399 N.W.2d 786 (1987).
Adverse Possession - Quiet Title
Boundaries - Determine from Evidence
Boundaries - Surveys
Boundaries
Evidence - Resurvey
State Survey Record Repository
McBride v. Whitaker, 65 Neb. 137, 90 N.W. 966 (1902).
Riparian Rights - Accretion
McCain v. Cook, 184 Neb. 147, 165 N.W.2d 734 (1969).
Boundaries - Fences
McCaslin v. Meysenburg, 229 Neb. 748, 424 N.W.2d 331 (1988).
Adverse Possession - Hostile
McCormick v. Terry, 205 Neb. 650, 289 N.W.2d 516 (1980).
Adverse Possession - Evidence
McDermott v. Boman, 165 Neb. 429, 86 N.W.2d 62 (1957).