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UNITED STATES v. CHANDLER-DUNBAR CO.

Nos. 783, 784, 785, 786.

229 U.S. 53 (1913)

UNITED STATES v. CHANDLER-DUNBAR WATER POWER COMPANY. CHANDLER-DUNBAR WATER POWER COMPANY v. UNITED STATES. ST. MARYS POWER COMPANY v. UNITED STATES. BROWN, RECEIVER OF THE MICHIGAN LAKE SUPERIOR POWER COMPANY, v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 26, 1913.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Fowler, with whom Mr. Reeves T. Strickland was on the brief, for the United States.1

Mr. William L. Carpenter for St. Marys Power Company, plaintiff in error in No. 785, submitted.1

Mr. Moses Hooper, with whom Mr. John H. Goff and Mr. A.B. Eldredge were on the brief, for Chandler-Dunbar Water Power Company, defendant in error in No. 783 and plaintiff in error in No. 784.1a

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

From the foregoing it will be seen that the controlling questions are, first, whether the Chandler-Dunbar Company has any private property in the water power capacity of the rapids and falls of the St. Marys River which has been "taken," and for which compensation must be made under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution; and, second, if so, what is the extent of its water...

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