Legal Opinion
Fox River Paper Co. v. Railroad Commission
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 6, 1927No. 492PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stone
Plaintiffs in error are riparian owners of land bordering on the Fox River, a navigable stream. They own a dam at Appleton, Wisconsin, which has been maintained since its construction in 1878 without permission from any state authority. Since 1841 the statutes of the territory, and later of the state, have forbidden the building of a dam on any navigable river without legislative consent. Laws, 1841, No. 9; R. S. 1849, c. 34; R. S. 1858, c. 41, § 2; 1 Wis. Stat., 1898, c. 70, § 1596; 1 Wis. Stat., 1925, § 30.01 (2).
By § 31.02, Wis. Stat., 1925, the state railroad commission was given…
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