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· 4/17/1905

Chicago Union Traction Co. v. Leach

Citations

  • 215 Ill. 184
  • 74 N.E. 119
  • 1905 Ill. LEXIS 2576

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  • \The state in its sovereign capacity is without power to convey or curtail the right of its people in the bed of Lake Michigan.\
  • \Among the rights thus acquired by the [State] is the right to own and hold the lands under navigable waters within the state including the shores or space between ordinary high and low water marks ....\

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Judges: Cartwright

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