 | John Melville Gould - Riparian rights - 1883 - 972 pages
...different States.6 The navigable waters of the United States are those which, whether fresh or salt, form, in their ordinary condition, by themselves,...customary modes in which such commerce is conducted by watev.6 The power of Congress upon this subject does Wall. 35; Cox v. Stato, 3 Blackf. 197 ; People... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1884 - 966 pages
...are still in doubt whether Fox River has any such connection with other waters as to form with them a continued highway over which commerce is or may...modes in which such commerce is conducted by water. It can only be deemed a navigable waler of the United States when it forms, by itself or by its connection... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1884 - 1006 pages
...And they constitute navigable waters of the United States within the meaning of the acts of conjTess, in contradistinction from the navigable waters of...by themselves, or by uniting with other waters, a contiued highway over which commerce is or may be carNo. 12—2 ried on with other states or foreign... | |
 | Science - 1885 - 794 pages
...navigable waters of the United States, within the meaning of the acts of Congress, in contradistinction to the navigable waters of the States, when they form...modes in which such commerce is conducted by water. This is the legal aspect in which such rivers as the Missouri are viewed by our highest supreme judiciary.... | |
 | Ernest Howard Ruffner - Inland navigation - 1885 - 208 pages
...of the United States, when it forms by itself, or by its connection with other waters, a continuous highway over which commerce is or may be carried on...modes in which such commerce is conducted by water. 2. If a river is not of itself a highway for commerce with other States or foreign countries, or does... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1885 - 914 pages
...by its connection with other waters, a continued highway over which commerce is, or may be, carried with other States or foreign countries in the customary...modes in which such commerce is conducted" by water. T/te Montelto, 11 Wall., 411 [78 U. 8., XX., 191]. Apply these tests to the case in hand, and we think... | |
 | United States. War Department - 1885 - 1054 pages
...supplied to factories along the Merrimac below. They do not form by themselves, or by their connection with other waters, a continued highway over which...commerce is, or may be, carried on with other States. The lake is not a navigable water of the United States, but only of the State. This quotation is from... | |
 | United States. War Department - 1885 - 1004 pages
...supplied to factories along tue Merriniac below. They' do not form by themselves, or by their connection with other waters, a continued highway over which...commerce is, or may be, carried on with other States. The lake is not a navigable water of the United States, but only of the State. This quotation is from... | |
 | Engineering - 1886 - 540 pages
...constitution, the Supreme Court has defined as navigable waters of the United Stutes, those that " form in their, ordinary condition by themselves, or...modes in which such commerce is conducted by water." Although the earlier decisions run back fifty years, it is only since 1870* that the limits and powers... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1897 - 1164 pages
...the customary mode of trade and travel on water; and they constitute navigable waters of the United States when they form in their ordinary condition, by themselves or by uniting with other waters, a continuous highway over which commerce is or can be carried on with other states or foreign countries... | |
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And they constitute navigable waters of the United States within the meaning of the acts of Congress, in contra-distinction from the navigable waters of the States, when they form in their ordinary condition by themselves, or by uniting with other waters,... 
