United States v. Parkersburg Branch R.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of West Virginia.
1Opinion of the Court
PRITCHARD, Circuit Judge.
The United States filed a bill against the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company and the Parkersburg Branch Railroad Company operated by the Baltimore Railroad Company, and John W. Davis, receiver of the Parkersburg Railroad Company, alleging that the bridge across the Ohio river, at Parkersburg, is an obstruction to navigation at that point, and a great injury to the commerce on the Ohio river. The allegations of the bill are supported by sundry affidavits, some 15 in number. The relief demanded is an injunction to restrain and enjoin the appellees, their agents, and all…
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- Pennsylvania v. Wheeling & Belmont Bridge Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1856
- United States v. LynahSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Bridge Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- United States v. Keokuk & H. Bridge Co.District Court, S.D. Iowa · 1891
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