St. Louis v. Myers

Citations

• 113 U.S. 566
• 5 S. Ct. 640
• 28 L. Ed. 1131
• 1885 U.S. LEXIS 1707

Syllabus

<p>The act of March 6, 1820, 3 Stat. 545, admitting Missouri into the Union left the rights of riparian owners on the Mississippi River to be settled according to the principles of State law.</p> <p>The act of June 12, 1866, § 9, 14 Stat. 63, relinquishing to the city of St. Louis the rights of the United States in wharves and thoroughfares, did not authorize the city to impair the rights of other riparian proprietors by extending streets into the river.</p> <p>This ease presents no Federal question to give jurisdiction to the court, and is distinguished from Railway Co. v. Renwick, 102 U. S. 180.</p>