BANKS v. OGDEN


69 U.S. 57 (1864)

2 Wall. 57

BANKS v. OGDEN.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Fuller, for Ogden, defendant below and in error.

Mr. Wills, contra.


The CHIEF JUSTICE delivered the opinion of the court, and, after stating facts, proceeded as follows:

The rule governing additions made to land, bounded by a river, lake, or sea, has been much discussed and variously settled by usage and by positive law. Almost all jurists and legislators, however, both ancient and modern, have agreed that the owner of the land, thus bounded, is entitled to these additions. By some, the rule...

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