Lewis Blue Point Oyster Cultivation Co. v. Briggs
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP NEW YORK. The facts, which involve the rights of private owners to land under navigable waters within a State used for cultivation of oysters, and whether such parties are entitled to compensation from the Government of the United States for the destruction of the oyster beds therein by'reason of improvement of the channel for navigation pursuant to act of Congress, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lurton
This was an action to restrain the defendant in error from dredging upon certain- lands under the waters of Great South Bay in the State of New York. The defense was that the lands upon which he was engaged in dredging were under the navigable waters of the bay, which was a navigable area of the sea, over which enrolled and registered vessels passed in interstate commerce; that Congress had provided for the dredging of a channel some 2,000 feet long and 200 feet wide across said Bay, and that defendant was engaged as a contractor with the United States in dredging the channel so authorized.…
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