YATES v. MILWAUKEE. DECEMBER TERM, 1870. 1. The owner of land bounded by a navigable river has certain riparian rights, whether his title extend to the middle of the stream or not. 2. Among these are, free access to the navigable part of the stream, and the right to make a landing, wharf, or pier […]
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77 U.S. 497
77 U.S. 497 77 U.S. 497 19 L.Ed. 984 10 Wall. 497 YATESv.MILWAUKEE. December Term, 1870 APPEAL from the Circuit Court, District of Wisconsin. The case was this: In the year 1856, Shepardson, who was the owner of a lot in Milwaukee fronting on the Menomonee and Milwaukee Rivers in the said city, and who […]