River as boundary
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 18 U.S. 374 - Handly's v. Anthony · 1820Most cited · 119 citing opinions
grantor retains river; grantee extends to its bank
When a great river is the boundary between two nations or states, if the original property is in neither, and there be no convention respecting it, each holds to the middle of the stream. But when, as in this case, one State is the original proprietor, and grants the territory on one side only, it retains the river within its own domain, and the newly-created State extends to the river only.
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