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MICHIGAN v. WISCONSIN

No. 19, Original.

270 U.S. 295 (1926)

46 S.Ct. 290

70 L.Ed. 595

MICHIGAN v. WISCONSIN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 1, 1926.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Meredith P. Sawyer, with whom Messrs. Andrew B. Dougherty, Attorney General of Michigan, and Carl D. Mosier, Assistant Attorney General, were on the brief, for complainant.

Mr. R.M. Rieser, with whom Messrs. Herman L. Ekern, Attorney General of Wisconsin, and Emmert L. Wingert were on the brief, for defendant.

MR. JUSTICE SUTHERLAND delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is an original suit in equity brought in this court to determine the boundary between the states of Michigan and Wisconsin from the mouth of the Montreal River at Lake Superior to the ship channel entrance from Lake Michigan into Green Bay. By the Enabling Act of June 15, 1836, c. 99, 5 Stat. 49, under which Michigan became a state in 1837, c. 6, 5 Stat. 144, this boundary is described as follows:

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