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WHITAKER v. McBRIDE

No. 135.

197 U.S. 510 (1905)

WHITAKER v. McBRIDE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 10, 1905.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. E.E. Brown, and Mr. Francis G. Hamer for plaintiff in error.

Mr. H.M. Sinclair, Mr. E.C. Calkins and Mr. M.P. Kinkaid for defendants in error.

MR. JUSTICE BREWER, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The decision of the Supreme Court of the State was that the owner of lands bordering on a river owns to the center of the channel, and takes title to any small bodies of land on his side of the channel that have not been surveyed or sold by the Government. It is the settled rule that the question of the title of a riparian owner...

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