United States v. Rio Grande Dam & Irrigation Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT 'OF THE TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hablan
This suit presents a contest between the United States and the appellee corporations as to the right asserted by. the latter to construct over and near the Rio Grande a certain dam and reservoir for the • purpose of appropriating the waters of that river in their private business.
By the seventh article of the treaty of February 2, 1848, between the United States and the Republic of Mexico it is provided that “ the river Gila and the part of the Rio Bravo del Norte lying below the southern boundary of New Mexico, being, agreeably to the fifth article, divided in the middle between the two…
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