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THE MONTELLO

87 U.S. 430 (____)

20 Wall. 430

THE MONTELLO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. G.H. Williams, Attorney-General, and Mr. C.H. Hill, Assistant Attorney-General, for the plaintiff in error:

Mr. J.H. Hauser, contra:

Mr. Justice DAVIS delivered the opinion of the court.

This court held in the case of The Daniel Ball,* that those rivers must be regarded as public navigable rivers in law which are navigable in fact. And they are navigable in fact when they are used, or are susceptible of being used, in their ordinary condition, as highways for commerce, over which trade and travel are or may be conducted in the...

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