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MONONGAHELA NAVIGAT'N CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 722.

148 U.S. 312 (1893)

MONONGAHELA NAVIGATION COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 27, 1893.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Wayne McVeagh and Mr. Johns McCleave, (with whom was Mr. Thomas D. Carnahan on the brief,) for appellant and plaintiff in error.

Mr. Attorney General and Mr. Solicitor General for appellees and defendants in error.

Mr. C. Newell and Mr. D.T. Watson also filed a brief for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE BREWER, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

It appears from the foregoing statement that the Monongahela Company had, under express authority from the State of Pennsylvania, expended large sums of money in improving the Monongahela River, by means of locks and dams; and that the particular lock and dam in controversy were built not only by virtue of this authority from the State of Pennsylvania...

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