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STATE v. BURLINGTON BASKET CO.

No. 00-0364.

651 N.W.2d 29 (2002)

STATE of Iowa ex rel. IOWA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, Appellant, v. BURLINGTON BASKET COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 5, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, David R. Sheridan and Michael H. Smith, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellant.

John M. Loeschen of Loeschen & Loeschen, Burlington, for appellee.

TERNUS, Justice.

This case concerns the claim of the appellant, State of Iowa, to an island in the Mississippi River known as Keg Island. The district court concluded that the State had not carried its burden to prove its sovereign ownership of the land and so dismissed the State's petition to quiet title. The State appeals and we affirm.

I. Background Facts and Proceedings.

Keg Island is an uninhabited, 128-acre island located in that part...

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