Legal Opinion
International Paper Co. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 19, 1931No. 37PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
delivered the opinion of the Court..
This is a proceeding by the petitioner to recover com-. pensation fór property Tights in water of the Niagara River alleged to have been taken by the United States for war purposes. The Niagara Falls Power Company by private grant to it, tetters Patent from the State of New York and acts of the Legislature of that State, was the owner so far as the law of New York could make it owner of land and water rights on the American side of the River above the Falls. Included in them was a power canal through which the Power Company was authorized to divert 10,000…
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