The Fulton Light, Heat and Power Company, Respondents v. the State of New York, Appellant

Summary

The Court affirmed the judgment, holding that the State does not own the bed of the Oswego River, that the 1793 patent to Conrad Stene conveyed the river bed to the center of the stream, that the State's appropriation of the claimants' riparian rights for a barge canal outside the natural channel requires just compensation, and that the claimants' title is reinforced by long adverse possession.