STATE OF KANSAS v. STATE OF MISSOURI., 340 U.S. 859 (1950)
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STATE OF KANSAS v. STATE OF MISSOURI. , 340 U.S. 859 (1950)340 U.S. 859
STATE OF KANSAS, complainant,
v.
STATE OF MISSOURI.
No. 8, Original.
Supreme Court of the United States
October 23, 1950
Mr. Harold R. Fatzer, Attorney General of Kansas, for complainant.
Messrs. T. E. Taylor, Attorney General of Missouri, and Frank W. Hayes, Assistant Attorney General, for defendant.
Upon consideration of the joint motion of counsel for the parties in this case to amend the decree of this Court, 322 U.S. 654, it is ordered that the joint motion be, and it is hereby, granted and the decree is amended to read as follows:
'This cause was argued by counsel at
the October Term, 1943, upon the pleadings and exceptions to the
Report of the Special Master. On June 5, 1944, this Court entered a
decree establishing a boundary between the States. Since the entry
of the decree the States of Kansas and Missouri through their
legislatures have agreed upon a boundary and such agreement has
been ratified by joint resolution of the Congress of the United
States and the resolution approved by the President of the United
States. Public Law 637, approved August 3, 1950. Therefore, in
order to conform this Court's decree to the agreement of the
parties as ratified by the Congress of the United States.
'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 the Missouri River as
said river flows throughout its entire course from its intersection
with the 40th parallel, north latitude, southward to the middle
of the mouth of the Kaw or Kansas River, subject only to changes which may occur by the natural processes of accretion and reliction, but not by avulsion.
'The costs of this suit are equally
divided between the two States, Complainant and Defendant.'
Opinions
v.
STATE OF MISSOURI.
No. 8, Original. Supreme Court of the United States October 23, 1950 Mr. Harold R. Fatzer, Attorney General of Kansas, for complainant. Messrs. T. E. Taylor, Attorney General of Missouri, and Frank W. Hayes, Assistant Attorney General, for defendant. Upon consideration of the joint motion of counsel for the parties in this case to amend the decree of this Court, 322 U.S. 654, it is ordered that the joint motion be, and it is hereby, granted and the decree is amended to read as follows:
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STATE OF KANSAS v. STATE OF MISSOURI. , 340 U.S. 859 (1950) 340 U.S. 859 STATE OF KANSAS, complainant,v.
STATE OF MISSOURI.
No. 8, Original. Supreme Court of the United States October 23, 1950 Mr. Harold R. Fatzer, Attorney General of Kansas, for complainant. Messrs. T. E. Taylor, Attorney General of Missouri, and Frank W. Hayes, Assistant Attorney General, for defendant. Upon consideration of the joint motion of counsel for the parties in this case to amend the decree of this Court, 322 U.S. 654, it is ordered that the joint motion be, and it is hereby, granted and the decree is amended to read as follows:
'This cause was argued by counsel at
the October Term, 1943, upon the pleadings and exceptions to the
Report of the Special Master. On June 5, 1944, this Court entered a
decree establishing a boundary between the States. Since the entry
of the decree the States of Kansas and Missouri through their
legislatures have agreed upon a boundary and such agreement has
been ratified by joint resolution of the Congress of the United
States and the resolution approved by the President of the United
States. Public Law 637, approved August 3, 1950. Therefore, in
order to conform this Court's decree to the agreement of the
parties as ratified by the Congress of the United States.
'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 the Missouri River as
said river flows throughout its entire course from its intersection
with the 40th parallel, north latitude, southward to the middle
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859 , 860
of the mouth of the Kaw or Kansas River, subject only to changes
which may occur by the natural processes of accretion and
reliction, but not by avulsion.
'The costs of this suit are equally
divided between the two States, Complainant and Defendant.'
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