The Seneca Nation of Indians v. . Knight

We do not entertain any serious doubt upon the question presented in this case. The rule of construction contended for by the plaintiffs has often been considered by the courts, and has become well settled. In the case of Child v. Starr (4 Hill, 369), it was held that a boundary line running eastwardly to the Genesee river, thence northwardly along the shore of the river, conveyed no part of the bed of the stream, and that the grantee took only to low water mark. But the controlling words were, "along the shore of the river;" and upon the force of those words alone the judgment of the Supreme…