Riparia

6 Relating to the bank of a stream or other water — river, lake, or sea: as, riparian — proprietors, rights, States. ' The Queen v. Soley, 11 Mod. 'US (1708), Holt, C. J. 'United States v. Mc Farland, 1 Cranch, C. C. 140 (1803). See also, generally. Commonwealth v. Daley, 4 Pa. Law J. 150 (1844); Commonwealth o. Hare, ib. 257 (1841); Charge of King, P. J., ib. 29: 2 Clark, 275; People V. Judson (Astor Place case), 11 Daly, 1, 17, 63 (1849); State v. Jenkins, 14 Richard L. 215 (1867): 94 Am. Deo. 1.36-38, cases. s [4 Bl. Com. 145.. « County of Allegheny v. Gibson, 90 Pa. 405 (1879), Paxson, J.- Eailroad riot of July 21-4, 1877. ' Louisiana v. Mayor of New Orleans, 109 U. S. 287- Eiparian proprietor. An owner of land bounded generally upon a stream of water, and, as such, having a qualified property in the soil ^o the thread of the stream, with the privileges annexed thereto by law.i Supra riparian. Concerning waterrights higher up the stream than <)ther similar rights. Where opposite banks of unnavigable streams belong to different persons, the stream and the bed thereof shall be com Qion to both.* The owner of lanti bounded by a navigable river has certain riparian rights, whether his title extends ~ to the middle. of the stream or not. Among them are free access to the navigable part of the stream, and the right to make a landing, wharf, or pier for his own use or for the use of the public. These, being valuable property rights, may be taken by the public after due compensation is made or secured. They are enjoyed subject to such general laws as the legislature may prescribe for tbe protection of the public right in the river as a navigable stream.^ In applying the rule, that the line between opposite shore-owners is the thread of the current, to non-navigable pondg and lakes, because of the practical difficulties encountered, an exception is made, and a grant is held to extend only to the water's edge.^ A grant by a government to a private individual of land upon a navigable river is limited to the shore; a grant to a political community extends to the middle of the stream.^ See Ahution; Aqca, Currit.etc.; Fishery; Ice; Lake; Mill, 1; Water.