241.120. All patents issued, executed and duly recorded, asrequired by sections 241.010 to 241.280, or a certified copy ofthe same, which shall include all the land therein described, orwhich shall include any separate and distinct description of thelands therein described, either under the hand of the secretaryof state or the recorder of the proper county, shall be receivedand read in all courts in this state as prima facie evidence ofthe title in the counties where such overflowed and swamp landsseverally lie.
(RSMo 1939 § 12784)Prior revisions: 1929 § 11160; 1919 § 7024; 1909 § 8027