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Navigable rivers

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From 243 U.S. 316 - United States v. Cress · 1917Most cited · 896 citing opinions

Those rivers must be regarded as public navigable rivers in law which are navigable in fact. And they are navigable in fact when they are used, or are susceptible of being used, in their ordinary condition, as highways for commerce, over which trade and travel are or may be conducted in the customary modes of trade and travel on water.

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