Proprietors of the Charles River Bridge v. Proprietors of the Warren Bridge
Supreme Court of the United States
IN error to the supreme judicial court of Massachusetts.- The plaintiffs in error, are a corporation created by an act of the legislature of the state of Massachusetts, passed on the 9th of March, 1785, entitled “ An act for incorporating certain persons for the purpose of building a bridge over Charles river, between Boston and Charlestown, and supporting the same during forty years.”
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IN error to the supreme judicial court of Massachusetts.- The plaintiffs in error, are a corporation created by an act of the legislature of the state of Massachusetts, passed on the 9th of March, 1785, entitled “ An act for incorporating certain persons for the purpose of building a bridge over Charles river, between Boston and Charlestown, and supporting the same during forty years.” The preamble of the act states, “ whereas the erecting a bridge over Charles .river, in the place where the ferry between Boston and Charlestown is now kept, will be of great public utility, and Thomas Russell,…
1Opinion of the Court 1
36 U.S. 420 (____)
11 Pet. 420
THE PROPRIETORS OF THE CHARLES RIVER BRIDGE, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR
v.
THE PROPRIETORS OF THE WARREN BRIDGE, AND OTHERS.
Supreme Court of United States.
The case was argued by Mr. Dutton and Mr. Webster, for the plaintiffs in error: and by Mr. Greenleaf and Mr. Davis, for the defendants.
Mr. Dutton for the plaintiffs.
2Opinion of the Court · TaneyChief Justice Taney
The questions involved in this case are of the gravest character, and the Court have given to them the most anxious and deliberate consideration. The value of the right claimed by the plaintiffs is large in amount; and many persons may no doubt be seriously…
Also in this document: Dissent.
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