 | John Melville Gould - 1883 - 972 pages
...Ald. 062. In the early case of Commonwealth v. Charlestown, 1 Pick. 180, 180-188, Parker, CJ, said : " By the common law, the property of the sovereign is...flows, whether such places are navigable or not ; but it is probable the usages of our country have given a reasonable limitation to this doctrine, confining... | |
 | 1885 - 890 pages
...as they aré capable of ownership while running. For this purpose the state represents its people, and the ownership is that of the people in their united sovereignty. Martin v. Waddell, 16 Pet., 410. The title thus held is subject to the paramount right of navigation,... | |
 | 1911 - 1172 pages
...state, as held by this court in Martin v. Waddell, 16 Pet. 410 [1O L. Ed. 997], represents its people, and the ownership is that of the people in their united sovereignty. The common ownership, and its resulting responsibility in the state, Is thus stated in a well-considered... | |
 | 1915 - 880 pages
...this power, the state, as held by this court in Martin v. Waddell, 16 Pet. 410, represents its people, and the ownership is that of the people in their united sovereignty. The common ownership, and its resulting responsibility in the state, is thus stated in a well-considered... | |
 | John Innes Clark Hare - 1889 - 744 pages
...far as they are capable of ownership while running. For this purpose the State represents its people, and the ownership is that of the people in their united sovereignty. Martin v. Waddell, 16 Peters, 367. The title thus held is subject to the paramount right of navigation,... | |
 | United States. Department of Justice - 1891 - 816 pages
...far as they are capable of ownership while running. For this purpose the State represents its people, and the ownership is that of the people in their united sovereignty. (Martin v. Teicphone Lines. Waddell, 16 Pet., 400.) The title thus held is subject to the paramount... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - 1892 - 1030 pages
...far as they are capable of ownership while running. For this purpose the state represents its people, and the ownership is that of the people in their united sovereignty: Martin v. Waddell, 16 Pet. 410. The title thus held is subject to the paramount right of navigation,... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1894 - 910 pages
...far as they are capable of ownership while running. For this purpose the State represents its people, and the ownership is that of the people in their united sovereignty. The title thus held is subject to the paramount right of navigation, the regulation of which, in respect... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - 1896 - 772 pages
...this power, the State, as held by this court in Martin v. WaddeU, 16 Pet. 410, represents its people, and the ownership is that of the people in their united sovereignty. The common ownership, and its resulting responsibility in the State, is thus stated in a well considered... | |
 | 1906 - 730 pages
...far as they are capable of ownership while running. For this purpose the State represents its people, and the ownership is that of the people in their united sovereignty." — McCready vs. Virginia, US 394. "The ownership of fish is in the State for the benefit of its people... | |
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In like manner, the States own the tide-waters themselves, and the fish in them, so far as they are capable of ownership while running. For this purpose the State represents its people, and the ownership is that of the people in their united sovereignty. 
