CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION.

Page.

Of the Right of Territorial Jurisdiction over the Sea, Arms

of the Sea and Navigable Rivers

1

CHAPTER I.

Right of Property in Tide Waters, &c. by the Civil Law

and by the Common Law

17

CHAPTER II.

Of the Introduction and Application of the Common Law

on the Subject in this country. - Colonial Charters -

Right of Towns — Indian Grants — New States - Fed-

eral Government

36

CHAPTER III.

“ Shore,” “ High-Water Mark,” and “ Navigable River"

Defined.

66

PAGE.

CHAPTER VI.

171

Of Riparian Ownership

CHAPTER VII.

196

Of Purprestures, Wharves, Quays, Piers, &c.

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THE CASE OF BLUNDELL v. CATTERALL

The Case of MARTIN ET AL v. WADDELL

THE CASE OF POLLARD'S LESSEE v. HAGAN ET AL.

INDEX TO CASES CITED.

AMERICAN CASES.

loch

Page.

Page.

A.

Bowman's Devisees v. Wa-

tham

171

Adams v. Frothingham 227, 251 Brink v. Richmyer

134, 193
v. Pease

78, 132 Brown v. Commonwealth 98

Arnold v. Mundy

43, 132, 135 v. Kennedy 25, 41, 78,

Arundel (In. of) v. McCul-

128, 251

44, 106, 112, 115, 288 v. Lakeman

229

Ashby v. Eastern Railroad Co. Bullock v. Wilson

77

175, 227 Burnham v. Webster

154

Attorney General v. Blount 123

v. Cohoes 202

C.

t. New Jer-

sey Railroad Trans. Co. 106, 119 Canal Commissioners v. People 78

Austin v. Carter 46, 176, 226 Carson v. Blazer 76, 134, 147,

150, 174

Cary v. Brooks

119

B.

Cates v. Waddington

77

Cayuga Bridge Co. v. Stout 105

Bacon v. Arthur

120 Chalker v. Dickinson

275

Ball v. Slack 45, 70, 112, 134, Chambers v. Furey

183

147, 171, 182, 236, 251 Chapman v. Kimball 38, 45, 78,

Barclay et al. v. Howell's

235, 261, 265

Lessee

189 Charles River Bridge v. War-

Barker v. Bates

226 ren Bridge

100

Batture (case of) in New Charlestown v. County Com-

Orleans

250, 252

missioners

88, 109

Bell v. M'Clintock

95 Chess v. Manown

182

Bennet v. Boggs 15, 37, 44, 60, Child v. Hart

78

145, 148, 170 Church v. Hubbart

2

Berry v. Carle 78, 94, 132 Cincinnati v. Lessee of White 188

Boatwright v. Bookman 46 City of Mobile v. Eslava 53

Boston and Roxbury Mill-Dam

v. Hallett 57

Corporation v. Newman 173 Coates v. New York

115

135,

Page.

126,

Page.
Cockey's Lessee v. Smith 41 Doane v. Broad Street Assso-
Codman v. Winslow
229 ciation

227 Cogswell v. Essex Mill Corp. 121 Dodge v. County CommisCollins v. Benbury

45, 77
sioners

174 Commissioners of Canal Fund Dunlap v. Stetson

251 v. Hemphill

45, 78 Dyer v. Tuscaloosa Bridge 102, 106 Commonwealth v. Breed 88, 99, 106, 108, 109

E. v. Chapin 78, 133,

152 East Haven v. Hemingway 45, 53, v. Charles

78, 136, 235 town 38, 40, 44, 72, 88, 92, 106, Emans v. Turnbull

260 112, 132, 226, 234, 270 Emerson v. Taylor 226, 233

v. Church 115
v. Coombs
106

F.
v. Crownin-
shield
224 Fame (the Schooner)

7, 16 v. Fisher

45 Fleet v. Hegeman 135, 141 May 209 Freary v. Cook

152 v. Newbury- Freytag v. Powell

45 port Bridge 109 Fuller v. Spear

154 v. Pierce

234
v. Ruggles 117

G.
v. Shaw 141, 236,
269 Gavitt v. Chambers

78 v.

Tucker 187 Georgetown v. Alexandria Ca

v. Wright 206 nal Co. 8, 118, 121, 122, 187 Coolidge v. Williams 133, 152, Gibbons v. Ogden 60, 86

192, 193 Giraud's Lessee v. Hughes 247, v. Learned 186, 280

251 Cooper v. Smith 182 Gould v. James

270, 277 Cornfield v. Coryell 6, 8, 60, 61, Gray v. Bartlett

78, 228 64, 87, 135, 156 Green v. Chelsea 185, 186, 230, 231 Corning v. Lowerre

122 Cortelyou v. Van Brundt 72, 171,

H. 192, 195, 272 Cox v. The State 63, 79, 86, 106 Handly's Lessee v. Anthony

8 Crenshaw v. State River Co. 92 | Harrison v. Sterrett 41, 120, 173, Crisswell v. Clugh 97

247 Cutts v. Hussey

67 Hart v. Hill, 83, 93, 141, 147, 148,

183, 193, 235, 261 D.

City of Albany 113, 116

Hartford Bridge Co. v. East
De Armas v. Mayor, &c. of Hartford

105 New Orleans

48 Hays v. Bowman Deerfield v. Arms 233, 259 Hollister v. Union Co. Delaware and Maryland R. R. Holme v. Richards

46 Co. v. Stump 21, 135, 276 Hood v. Dighton Bridge 108 Dickinson et ux. v. Codman Hooker v. Cummings

132 et al. 245 | Howard v. Mole

41

45, 78 45, 96

78,

Page.

I.

Ingraham v. Threadgill

Page.
Mohawk Bridge Co. v. Utica

and Schenectady R. R. Co. 102,
77

121, 202
Moore v. Griffin

226, 262, 278
Munson v. Baldwin

156

J.

Jackson v. Porter

49

N.
v. Waters

37
v. Ingraham

37 New Bedford Bridge, (Case
-- r. Hudson
49 of)

123 (note)
Jacobson v. Fountain 195, 277, 279, New Haven, &c., Toll Bridge

281
v. Bunnel

110
Jennings, er parte 78, 132 New Orleans v. United States 172,
Johnson v. McIntosh

49

188, 255
v. Irwin
290 Nickerson v. Brackett

152

78

Keen v. Stetson 47, 112, 185, 271 Palmer v. Hicks 47, 133, 276
Kent v. Waite

274

v. Mulligan
Killingworth v. Ground 236 Parker v. Cutler Mill-Dam
King v. Lay

132 Co. 65, 98, 108, 112, 136, 224
v. Smith

226
L.
Peables v. Hunneford

154
Peck v. Lockwood

33, 136
Lamb v. Ricketts
78, 251 People v. Platt

78, 132
Lawton v. Rivers

192 Perley v. Langley 272, 273
Lapish v. Bangor Bank 75, 226, Peyroux v. Howard

71, 74
228, 230 Phillips v. Rhodes 67, 260,

263
Lay v. King
141, 193 Pitkin v. Olmstead

45
Lehigh Bridge Co. v. Lehigh Piscataqua Bridge Co. v. New
Coal and Nav. Co.

94 Hampshire Bridge Co. 86, 105,
Livingston v. Van Ingen 60

107
Lufkin v. Haskell 229, 278 Pollard's Lessee v. Files 57, 67

Pollard's Lessee v. Hagan 1, 57,
M.

60, 107, 252
Post v. Munn

80
Martin, et. al. v. Waddell 43, 44,

v. Pearsall

183, 272
52, 131, 133, 135, 143, 234 Propr's of Mills on Charles
Mayhew v. Norton 226, 227 River v. Propr's of Mills
Mayor, &c., of New York v. on Mill Creek River

91
Scott

242
Mead v. Haynes

45, 78

R.
Melvin v. Whiting 126, 281
Memphis v. Overton 85, 87, 178 Randolph v. Braintree 133
Middletown v. Brace

153 Renwick v. Morris 113, 115, 116,
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