Hughes v. Nelson

How courts have described this case

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• manmade canal opening into navigable water is itself navigable and hence open to public access
• “The true test to be applied is whether a stream inherently and by its nature has the capacity for valuable floatage, irrespective of the fact of actual use or the extent of such use.”

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