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NORTH DAKOTA v. MINNESOTA

No. 10, Original.

263 U.S. 365 (1923)

44 S.Ct. 138

68 L.Ed. 342

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA v. STATE OF MINNESOTA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 10, 1923.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. H.M. Boutelle, with whom Mr. William Langer, Attorney General of the State of North Dakota, Mr. John Lind and Mr. I.C. Pinkney were on the briefs, for complainant.1

Mr. John E. Palmer and Mr. Egbert S. Oakley, Assistant Attorney General, with whom Mr. Clifford L. Hilton, Attorney General, of the State of Minnesota, and Mr. Montreville J. Brown, Assistant Attorney General, were on the briefs, for defendant.1

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a bill in equity exhibited by the State of North Dakota against the State of Minnesota. The bill avers that the latter State has, by constructing cut-off ditches and straightening the Mustinka River, increased the speed and volume of its flow into Lake Traverse, and thereby raised the level of the Lake, causing its outlet, the Bois de Sioux River, to overflow...

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