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KAUKAUNA WATER POWER CO. v. GREEN BAY &C. MISS. CANAL

No. 65.

142 U.S. 254 (1891)

12 S.Ct. 173

35 L.Ed. 1004

KAUKAUNA WATER POWER COMPANY, v. GREEN BAY AND MISSISSIPPI CANAL COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Argued November 2, 1891.

Decided December 21, 1891.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. David S. Ordway (with whom was Mr. Alfred L. Cary) for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Moses Hooper for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE BROWN, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

(1) The only question involved in this case proper for us to consider, is whether the act of the legislature of Wisconsin of August 8, 1848, reserving to the State the water power created by the erection of the dam over the Fox River, as construed by the Supreme Court of the State, and the proceedings thereunder, operated to deprive the plaintiffs...

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