United States v. New Bedford Bridge
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
This was an indictment, found by the .grand jury at the last term, and to which the respondents pleaded not guilty. The indictment alleged, that there was a river in the state of Massachusetts, called the “ Acush-net,” which was navigable, and in which the :sea ebbed and flowed with its tides, running by and forming the port of New Bed-ford, a port of entry on the one side, and the port of Fairhaven, a town lying on the ■opposite and eastern side thereof.
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This was an indictment, found by the .grand jury at the last term, and to which the respondents pleaded not guilty. The indictment alleged, that there was a river in the state of Massachusetts, called the “ Acush-net,” which was navigable, and in which the :sea ebbed and flowed with its tides, running by and forming the port of New Bed-ford, a port of entry on the one side, and the port of Fairhaven, a town lying on the ■opposite and eastern side thereof. That the citizens of this district and of the United States were accustomed to pass and repass on the waters of said river and ports, and…
1Opinion of the Court
WOODBURY, Circuit Justice.
This motion has been argued on both sides with a fullness and ability suited to the importance of some of the questions involved in it'. I have taken time to examine those questions, and shall now proceed to dispose of them with as much brevity as is consistent with their difficulty and number, and the wide interests connected with them. They include national and constitutional considerations of great moment, and a decision on them involves results which affect practically most of the states in the Union. Most of them have authorized bridges to be built over…
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