HOLYOKE COMPANY v. LYMAN


82 U.S. 500 (1872)

15 Wall. 500

HOLYOKE COMPANY v. LYMAN.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. F. Chamberlin, for the plaintiff in error:

Mr. C.R. Train, Attorney-General of Massachusetts, contra.


Mr. Justice CLIFFORD delivered the opinion of the court.

Rivers, though not navigable even for boats or rafts, and even smaller streams of water, may be and often are regarded as public rights, subject to legislative control, as the means for creating power for operating mills and machinery, or as the source for furnishing a valuable supply of fish, suitable for food and sustenance. Such water-power is everywhere regarded...

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