...rivers in law which are navigable in fact. Rivers «re navigable in fact when they are used, or aro susceptible of being used, in their ordinary condition, as highways for commerce, on which trade and travel are, or nay \*> conducted, in the customary mode.« of trade and travel on...

...determine the navigability of our rivers, and that is found in their navigable capacity. Those waters must be regarded as public navigable rivers in law...the customary modes of trade and travel on water." Thus a stream of sufficient capacity to float logs or timber to market has been held to be navigable...

...navigability of rivers in this country, and under that test those rivers are regarded as navigable in law which are navigable in fact, and they are navigable...conducted in the customary modes of trade and travel on the water. The Supreme Court of Michigan has repeatedly held that the beds of the streams, whether...

...state that this loss was cansed by the overflow and shifting of the river current. Those rivers are regarded as public navigable rivers in law which are navigable in fact. Packer v. Bird (137 US, 666). It is not shown that Cedar river at Waterloo is a navigable stream ;...

...are navigable in fact, and, as said in The Daniel Ball, 77' IT. S. (10 Wall.) 5Г.7, ÍO L. Ed. !Ш. they are navigable in fact when they are used, or...the customary modes of trade and travel on water." Quoting from another case, the learned justice proceeds: "We are aware that, by the common law of England,...

...WalL 557 ; 19 L. ed. 999. which are navigarle in fact. And they are navigable in fact when they are so used, or are susceptible of being used, in their ordinary...the customary modes of trade and travel on water. And they -constitute navigable waters of the United States within the meaning of the acts of Congress...

...connecting links in a chain of commercial communication between States. In The Daniel Ball4 the court say: " Those rivers must be regarded as public navigable...fact. And they are navigable in fact when they are so used, or are susceptible of being used, in their ordinary condition, as highways for commerce, over...

...Wall, 557, 563 (1870) ; Escanaba Co. v. Chicago. 107 US 678 (1882). NAVIGABILITY is A QUESTION OP FACT. "Those rivers must be regarded as public navigable rivers in law which are navigable in fact. ' ' The Daniel Ball, supra, p. 563 ; Packer v. Bird, 137 US 661 (1891) ; Rhea v. Newport, etc.. Ry....

...Wall, 557, 563 (1870) ; Escanaba Co. v. Chicago. 107 US 678 (1882). NAVIGABILITY IK A QUESTION OF FACT. "Those rivers must be regarded as public navigable rivers in law which are navigable in fact." The Daniel Hall, supra, p. 563 ; Packer v. Bird, 137 US 661 (1891) ; Rhea v. Newport, etc., Ky. Co.,...

...to govern in respect to dams which Congress might thereafter authorize over navigable waters. I A. Those rivers must be regarded as public navigable...the customary modes of trade and travel on water. And they coastitute navigable waters of the United States, in contradistinction from the navigable...