Economy Light & Power Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Bill by the United States against the Economy Eight & Power Company. From a decree in favor'of the plaintiff, defendant appeals.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Bill by the United States against the Economy Eight & Power Company. From a decree in favor'of the plaintiff, defendant appeals. December 14, 1909, the United States filed its bill of complaint against the Economy Light & Power Company, alleging that said company had, without the consent of Congress and without authority of the Legislature of Illinois, commenced the construction of a dam in the Desplaines river at a point in Grundy county, Ill., and that the portion of the…
1Opinion of the CourtSanborn, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The Desplaines up to 1894- — The Chicago-Desplaines-Tllinois water route, used from 1673 to 1825 by explorers and in the fur trade, was made up of portions of the Chicago and Desplaines rivers, now some eight miles apart. It includes the Chicago river from its mouth on Lake Michigan to Robey street, Chicago, on the West fork of the South branch, thence westerly, by water or portage, to Mud Lake, about two miles, thence to the Desplaines near Riverside, two miles, down the river to the Illinois, made by the confluence of the Desplaines and Kan-kakee. The…
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