Vansant v. United States

The material averments in the petition in substance are: That the plaintiffs are the owners of ten acres of land, *563known as Lorewood Grove, bordering on the south bank of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, and lying substantially between two parallel lines along two creeks or runs; that the mouths of the said two creeks were .each about 200 yards in width at their junction with the canal and extended back a distance of 1,000 feet; that the said mouths formed natural coves, bays, or basins, making a natural harbor for water craft; that at the time plaintiff acquired ownership of the said grove…