Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, et al. v. ABBCO Investments, LLC, et al., No. DA11-0759, 2012 Mont. LEXIS 240 (Mont. Sup. Ct. Aug. 28, 2012)

(islands in Missouri River belong to state of Montana for financial benefit of government schools; private parties could not obtain title by adverse possession, but trial court held that state did not own riverbed and, as a result, must reimburse private parties for property taxes paid and improvements made; on appeal, court determined that state owned islands and the riverbed; Mont. Code. Ann. Sec. 77-1-102 directly on point in classifying the ownership of accreted islands; appellate court also determined that trial court erred in ordering tax and improvement reimbursement by the state - landowners can file for tax refund with county commissioners).