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282. Where soil is gradually deposited on the shore of a body of water, the land so formed belongs to the riparian owner on whose property the deposit is formed. This is called accretion.
522 Doe v. Roe, 26 Ga. 5S2.
523 inhabitants of School Dist. No. 4 v. Benson, 31 Me. 381; Schall v. Railroad Co., 33 Pa. St. 191. A subsequent parol agreement will not divest the disseisor's title. Brown v. Cockerell, 33 Ala. 38. Nor does a re-entry by the disseisee after the bar is complete revest the title in him. Faloon v. Sim-shauser, 130 111. 649, 22 N. E. 835.
524 Mulry v. Norton, 100 N. Y. 424, 3 N. E. 581; Camden & A. Land Co. v. Lippincott, 45 N. J. Law, 405. The fact that accretions are caused by obstructions placed in the river by third persons does not change the rule. Tatum v. City of St. Louis, 125 Mo. 647, 28 S. W. 1002. Bigelow v. Hoover, 85 Iowa, 161, 52 N. W. 124. Seaweed cast upon the beach belongs to the owner of the soil. Emans v. Turnbull, 2 Johns. (N. Y.) 314.
525 Cook v. Mcclure, 58 N. Y. 437; County of St. Clair v. Lovingston, 23 Wall. Os; Trustees of Hopkins' Academy v. Dickinson, 9 Cush. (Mass.) 551.
526 Lovingston v. St. Clair Co., 64 111. 56; Miller v. Hepburn, 8 Bush. (Ky.) 326; Gifford v. Yarborough, 5 Bing. 163; Foster v. Wright, 4 C. P. Div. 43S.
527 Woodbury v. Short, 17 Vt. 387, 3S9. When a parcel of land is suddenly left bare by the sea or a navigable river, it belongs to the state. Halsey v. Mccormick, I8 N. Y. 147; Attorney General v. Chambers, 4 De Gex & J. 55. See, also, Hodges v.. Williams, 95 N. C. 331. And so land gradually covered by the sea belongs to the state. Emans v. Turnbull, 2 Johns. (N. Y.) 313, 322; In re Hull & S. Ry., 5 Mees. & W. 327.
528 Ingraham v. Wilkinson, 4 Pick. (Mass.) 268; Minton v. Steele, 125 Mo. 181, 28 S. W. 746; Mccullough v. Wall, 4 Rich. Law (S. C.) 68. When an island formed in midchannel is subsequently connected with the mainland by the water having receded, the title to the island is not changed. City of Victoria v. Schott (Tex. Civ. App.) 29 S. W. 681.
530 inhabitants of Deerfield v. Arms, 17 Pick. (Mass.) 41. Trustees of Hopkins' Academy v. Dickinson, 9 Cush. (Mass.) 544; Johnston v. Jones, 1 Black, 209, 222.
531 3 Washb. Real Prop. (5th Ed.) 61; Cox v. Arnold, 129 Mo. 337, 31 S. W. 592; Cooley v. Golden, 117 Mo. 33, 23 S. W. 100; Heckman v. Swett, 99 Cal. 303, 33 Pac. 1099. And see ante, p. 5.
532 Banks v. Ogden, 2 Wall. 57, 69; Saulet v. Shepherd, 4 Wall. Sos; Bristol v. Carroll Co., 95 111. 84.

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