Halfmoon Bridge Co. v. Acme Construction Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, the Halfmoon Bridge Company, from an order of the Supreme Court, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Saratoga on the 5th day of May, 1913, vacating a temporary injunction theretofore granted.
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, P. J.:
From Orescent, Saratoga county, to Colonie, Albany county, across the Mohawk river is stretched a bridge owned by the plaintiff, upon which plaintiff charges toll for crossing. This bridge is parallel and very close to the aqueduct which carries the canal across the Mohawk river at this spot. The scheme for the new barge canal contemplates the abandonment of this aqueduct and the construction of the canal within the river itself. In the process of this construction a dam has been built just below the aqueduct and this bridge, and if that dam is *184completed it will cause the waters…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Lehigh Valley R.R. Co. v. . Canal BoardNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
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