The capability of use by the public for purposes of transportation and commerce affords the true criterion of the navigability of a river, rather than the extent and manner of that use. If it be capable in its natural state of being used for purposes... Protection and Development of Lower Colorado River Basin - Page 298by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation - 1924Full view - About this book
| Administrative law - 1949 - 1210 pages
...557.) (b) The capability of use by the public for purposes of transportation and commerce affords the true criterion of the navigability of a river, rather...matter in what mode the commerce may be conducted, it is navigable in fact, and becomes in law a public river or highway. As Chief Justice Shaw said (21... | |
| Robert Force, A. N. Yiannopoulos, Martin Davies - Law - 2006 - 752 pages
...wrote: The capability of use by the public for purposes of transportation and commerce affords the true criterion of the navigability of a river, rather...matter in what mode the commerce may be conducted, it is navigable in fact, and becomes in law a public river or highway. Id. at 441-42. Appellants contend... | |
| Robert Force, A. N. Yiannopoulos, Martin Davies - Law - 2006 - 475 pages
...wrote: The capability of use by the public for purposes of transportation and commerce affords the true criterion of the navigability of a river, rather...matter in what mode the commerce may be conducted, it is navigable in fact, and becomes in law a public river or highway. Id. at 441-42. Appellants contend... | |
| United States. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission - Energy conservation - 2160 pages
...at 441: The capability of use by the public for purposes of transportation and commerce affords the true criterion of the navigability of a river, rather...matter in what mode the commerce may be conducted, it is navigable in fact, and becomes in law a public river or highway . . . The learned judge of the... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1926 - 1034 pages
...again: "The capability of use by the public for purposes of transportation and commerce affords the true criterion of the navigability of a river, rather...matter in what mode the commerce may be conducted, it is navigable in fact, and becomes in law a publie river or highway." Economy Light Co. v. United... | |
| Administrative law - 1967 - 734 pages
...557.) (b) The capability of use by the public for purposes of transportation and commerce affords the true criterion of the navigability of a river, rather...matter in what mode the commerce may be conducted, it is navigable in fact, and becomes in law a public river or highway. As Chief Justice Shaw said (21... | |
| Administrative law - 1972 - 642 pages
...557.) (b) The capability of use by the public for purposes of transportation and commerce affords the true criterion of the navigability of a river, rather...matter in what mode the commerce may be conducted, it is navigable in fact, and becomes in law a public river or highway. As Chief Justice Shaw said (21... | |
| Alabama. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1886 - 740 pages
...highway. The capability of use by the public for purposes of transportation and commerce affords the true criterion of the navigability of a river, rather...matter in what mode the commerce may be conducted, it is navigable in fact, and becomes in law a public river or highway.'7 As the result of the current... | |
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