Palmer v. Cuyahoga County

OPINION OF

THE COURT.

This is an application for an injunction to prevent the construction of a draw-briuge over the Cuya-hoga river, by the defendants, on the ground that it will obstruct the navigation of the river, and will be injurious to the real property of the complainant in the vicinity of the bridge. This application is made under the fourth article of the compact in the ordinance of 1787, which declares, “that the navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways and forever free, as well to the…