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· 1/22/1856

Jones v. Johnston

Citations

  • 59 U.S. 150
  • 15 L. Ed. 320
  • 18 How. 150
  • 1855 U.S. LEXIS 679

How courts have described this case

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  • recognizing that “the water-line, though it may gradually and imperceptibly change, is just as fixed a boundary in the eye of the law”
  • accretions to shore of Lake Michigan resulting from construction of harbors and piers

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Judges: Nelson

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