In re Burns’s Empirical Analysis
1897
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Brooklyn Park Commissioners v. Armstrong · Embury v. . Conner · People Ex Rel. Board of Commissioners v. Banks · Pocantico Water Works Co. v. Bird · People Ex Rel. McLean v. Flagg
Most-quoted passages
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“Streams which have been used for navigation, or for floating logs or other purposes, have, for many years, been known as highways.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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