property right distinguished from privilege
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From 269 U.S. 411 - United States v. River Rouge Improvement Co. · 1926Most cited · 487 citing opinions
There is an essential difference between a substantial property right which may be enjoyed until taken away in the appropriate exercise of a paramount authority, and an uncertain and contingent privilege which may not be allowed at all.