United States v. Lake Drummond Canal & Water Co.
District Court, E.D. North Carolina
Application by the United States for a writ of mandamus commanding the Lake Drummond Canal & Water Company or C. L. and W. E. Hinton to remové obstructions to navigation from Turner’s Cut, a navigable stream in the state of North Carolina.
1Opinion of the Court
CONNOR, District Judge.
An inspection of the pleadings and records introduced upon the hearing discovers the following facts relevant to the controversy between the government and the defendants;
Pursuant to a charter granted by the General Assemblies of the states of North Carolina and Virginia (Session 1790, 2 Rev. Stat. [N. C.] p. 217), the Dismal Swamp Canal Company, during the latter years of the eighteenth century, cut a canal for the purpose of navigation, extending from the Elizabeth river in the state of Virginia to the Pasquotank river in the state of North Carolina and operated said…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hinton v. Lake Drummond Canal Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1914