Word: riparian
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...Supreme Court to stay the hand of New York. It was the State of New Jersey, fighting to save its stake in the now of the Delaware. Seeking an injunction against New York, its attorneys had pleaded for a strict application of the common law doctrine of riparian rights forbidding diversion from one watershed to another. But the Supreme Court, overruling this argument, decreed, in effect, that domestic municipal supply is the highest and most important use to which interstate water...
...have seen a grave danger to their water supply, although the British have repeatedly proved that control of water in the drought seasons by no means meant a diminution of the supply. In the new dam project the Egyptians are therefore likely to see a further threat to their riparian agricultural interests...
...need of a new bridge requires no comment, for we are all familiar with the unsightly patchwork structure which now leads to the Stadium. But there are two obstacles which stand in the way of building a bridge without a draw. These are the riparian rights of the Brighton Abattoir and of the Watertown Arsenal. It is altogether possible that the abattoir's license may be withheld this year, as the section in which it is located is becoming thickly populated; in this case it is not unlikely that the War Department will permit the construction of a bridge without...
...last six years are the completion of the metropolitan sewer, whereby all sewage above the site of the proposed dam has been diverted from the Charles, thus rendering that river comparatively pure; and the giving up of the use of the river for purposes of commerce. All riparian rights on the Cambridge side and all but three wharf rights on the Boston side from the west Boston bridge to the Watertown dam have been purchased either by the cities along the river or by the Metropolitan Park Commission, and are new forever dedicated to park purposes. Moreover, a bill permitting...
...Review for February is the second part of Mr. Blewett H. Lee's "Limitations Imposed by the Federal Constitution on the Right of the States to Enact Quarantine Laws." The essay is carefully written, with minute reference to cases. Mr. Thomas M. Stetson contributes an interesting discussion of "riparian rights in connection with the Great Ponds" of Massachusetts. Under the heading "Notes" some facts are given about the recent growth of the Law School taken from the reports of President Eliot and Dean Langdell. The past year has been one of great prosperity, the attendance being now over...