Norton v. Whiteside
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. The facts, which involve the jurisdiction of this court under § 241, Judicial Code, to review a judgment of the Circuit Court of Appeals, and the finality of such judgment under § 128, Judicial Code, are stated in the opinion. submitted.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White
The appellant, who was complainant below, as the owner of certain shore land abutting on a stretch of water in or near the upper end or far corner of Lake Superior, from one point of view sued to quiet his title to the whole or a part of a certain island which had emerged from the waters in front of his land, or considered from the same point of view in a broader aspect, to protect his asserted riparian rights in the submerged land in front of his shore property. The defendants who are appellees were owners or possessors either of property on the opposite shore or of the whole or part of the…
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