 Pickering 344) , it is not every small creek in which a fishing skiff or gunning canoe can be made to float at high water which is deemed navigable, but, in order to give it the character of a navigable stream, it must be generally and commonly useful...  Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of Washington - Page 570by Washington (State). Supreme Court, Arthur Remington, Solon Dickerson Williams - 1910Full view - About this book
 | 1910 - 1150 pages
...which a fishing skiff or gunning canoe can be made to float at high water which is deemed navigalilt'. but, in order to give it the character of a navigable...present use of the stream is authorized by the laws of I his state, and. if the river is not navigable in tht» federal sense, the relief sought is not violatlve... | |
 | Wisconsin. Legislature. Committee on Water Powers, Forestry, and Drainage - 1911 - 834 pages
...sort of a boat. Very different was the view expressed by Chief Justice Shaw when he said it is v not 'every small creek in which a fishing skiff or gunning...stream it must be generally and commonly useful to some purposes of trade or agriculture.' 21 Pick. 344." •H In United States v. Rio Grande Irrigation Co.,... | |
 | Wisconsin. Legislature. Committee on Water Powers, Forestry, and Drainage - 1911 - 830 pages
...Chief Justice Shaw when he said it is not 'every small creek in which a fishing skiff or gunning eanoe can be made to float at high water, which is deemed...stream it must be generally and commonly useful to some purposes of trade or agriculture.' 21 Pick. 344." In United States v. Bio Grande Irrigation Co., 174... | |
 | 1913 - 1000 pages
...commerce." The court approves the language of Chief Justice Shaw in 21 Pickering, 344, who said : " In order to give it the character of a navigable stream it must be generally and commonly useful to some trade or agriculture." (See also Morrison v. Coleman (Ala.), 3 LRA 334.) Of course, it need not be... | |
 | Washington (State) - 1915 - 1432 pages
...Dorris, 24 Wash. 636 ; State ex rel. PeaUr v. Stbperior Court, 58 Wash. 565. In order to give the stream the character of a navigable stream it must be generally and commonly useful for some purpose of trade or commerce: United States v. Rio Grande Dam $ Irrigation Co., 174 US 690.... | |
 | John Alexander Low Waddell - 1916 - 1140 pages
...the navigability of a river. It is not, however, as Chief Justice Shaw said (21, Pickering, 344) : yd.H L n w Ic tr Vi .e'N LǺ PP Y 0 G v G >= X: < )... یh R# a N Np Y ? b b~ ! ׆ [ f o&q1 Ę~ M ڣ] N & -& The United States Government through the War Department has jurisdiction over all the navigable waters... | |
 | John Alexander Low Waddell - 1916 - 1138 pages
...navigability of a river. It is not, however, as Chief Justice Shaw said (21, Pickering, 344): 1Every small creek in which a fishing skiff or gunning canoe...commonly useful to some purpose of trade or agriculture.' " The United States Government through the War Department has jurisdiction over all the navigable waters... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation - 1924 - 834 pages
...which a fishing skiff or gunning canoe can be made to float at high water, is a navigable highway ; but to give it the character of a navigable stream it...commonly useful to some purpose of trade or agriculture. DECISION BY UNITED STATES CIBCUIT COUBT OF APPEALS Hnrr'mon v. Fite (148 Fed. 181). — To meet the... | |
 | New Mexico Bar Association - 1907 - 134 pages
...the river within the jurisdiction of the United States for as Chief Justice Shaw says : "it is not every small creek in which a fishing skiff or gunning...commonly useful to some purpose of trade or agriculture." "Streams are navigable in fact when they are used, or are susceptible of being used, in their ordinary... | |
 | Charles Willis Needham - 1925 - 772 pages
...sort of a boat. Very different was the view expressed by Chief Justice Shaw when he said it is not "every small creek in which a fishing skiff or gunning...commonly useful to some purpose of trade or agriculture." 21 Pick. 344. We have read the testimony offered on behalf of the United States to show the kind and... | |
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