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The Genesis And Development Of The Law Of Waters In The Far West, John B. Clayberg

Michigan Law Review

The law of waters, as now settled on the Pacific Coast and the adjacent states is such a distinct departure from the common law of waters, that an investigation of the cause and reasons for such departure cannot fail to be interesting to every lawyer who cares to informed with reference to such peculiarities. There is no occasion to more than. briefly refer to the common law of running waters and inland lakes, because it is well settled by a long line of decisions practically Uniform, and every lawyer is familiar with it. It will be sufficient to state the …