United States v. Chandler-Dunbar Water Power Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP APPEALS POR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice I-Iolmes
This is a bill in equity brought by the United States to remove a cloud from its alleged title to two islands, numbered One and Two, in the Sault Ste. Marie, between Lake Huron and Lake Superior. The islands are in the rapids of the river or strait, on the American side of the Canada boundary line, and near to a strip of shore lying between the rapids and the United States ship canal referred to in United States v. Michigan, 190 U. S. 379. The defendant claims this strip and the islands under a patent from the United States, dated December 15, 1883, describing the land as bounded by the river…
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