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UNITED STATES v. JONES

109 U.S. 513 (1883)

UNITED STATES v. JONES, Administrator, and Others.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 10th, 1883.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Solicitor-General for the plaintiff in error.

Mr. Norman S. Gilson and Mr. George E. Sutherland for the defendants in error.

MR. JUSTICE FIELD delivered the opinion of the court.

By an act of Congress passed on the 8th of August, 1846, certain lands were ceded to Wisconsin to aid in improving the navigation of Fox and Wisconsin rivers, in that State, and in constructing a canal to unite the rivers, and thus form a connection between the waters of Green Bay, in Lake Michigan, and the waters of the Mississippi. 9 Stat. 83, ch. 170.

The State accepted the cession of the lands, and...

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