| 1875 - 722 էջ
...navigated by steam or sail vessels, it could not be treated as a public highway. The capability ot use by the public for purposes of transportation and...criterion of the navigability of a river, rather than extent and manner ol that use. If it be capable in its natural state of being used for purposes 01... | |
| Robert Desty - 1893 - 716 էջ
...in law which are navigable in fact (The Montello, 11 Wall. 411; the General Cass, 1 Brown, 334), and the capability of use by the public for purposes of transportation and commerce is the true criterion of the navigability of a river, and nit the extent and manner of that use. (The... | |
| Robert Desty - 1893 - 722 էջ
...in law which are navigable in fact (The Montello, 11 Wall. 411; the General Cass, 1 Brown, 334), and the capability of use by the public for purposes of transportation and commerce is the true criterion of the navigability of a river, and not the extent and manner of that use. (The... | |
| United States. War Department - 1900 - 832 էջ
...which are navigable in fact. It is the settled doctrine of the Supreme Court of the United States that the capability of use by the public for purposes of...affords the true criterion of the navigability of the river, rather than the extent and manner of that use. Under this rule the Trinity is beyond question... | |
| United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - 1900 - 832 էջ
...•which are navigable in fact. It is the settled doctrine of the Supreme Court of the United States that the capability of use by the public for purposes of...affords the true criterion of the navigability of the river, rather than the extent and manner of that use. Under this rule the Trinity is beyond question... | |
| United States. Army. Office of the Judge Advocate General - 1901 - 904 էջ
...depend on the mode by which commerce is or may be conducted, nor the difficulties attending navigation. It would be a narrow rule to hold that in this country...the navigability of a river, rather than the extent or manner of that use. If it be capable in its natural state of being used for purposes of commerce,... | |
| United States. Army. Office of the Judge Advocate General - 1901 - 940 էջ
...conducted, nor the difficulties attending navigation. It would be a narrow rule to hold that in this countiy unless a river was capable of being navigated by steam...the navigability of a river, rather than the extent or manner of that use. If it be capable in its natural state of being used for purposes of commerce,... | |
| Abraham Clark Freeman - 1902 - 1026 էջ
...430, where the language of Chief Justice Shaw, supra, was repeated and indorsed, it was said that: "The capability of use by the public for purposes...transportation and commerce affords the true criterion of lie navigability of a river, rather than the extent and manner of bat use." It was held in Haines T.... | |
| 1902 - 1268 էջ
...Attorney General v. Woods, 108 Mass. 436. In the case of The Moutello, cited above, the court said: 'The capability of use by the public for purposes of transportation and commerce affordsthe true criterion of the navigability of a river, rather than the extent and manner of that... | |
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