Hartford Bridge Co. v. Union Ferry Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Bill in equity for an injunction against the use of a ferry by the respondents. The Hartford Bridge Company was incorporated by the General Assembly of this state, in the year 1808, and immediately thereafter, under the power conferred by its charter, constructed a toll bridge across the Connecticut river, at the city of Hartford, and a causeway from the east end of the bridge, through the East Hartford meadows, to the village of East Hartford, expending in the construction…
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Bill in equity for an injunction against the use of a ferry by the respondents. The Hartford Bridge Company was incorporated by the General Assembly of this state, in the year 1808, and immediately thereafter, under the power conferred by its charter, constructed a toll bridge across the Connecticut river, at the city of Hartford, and a causeway from the east end of the bridge, through the East Hartford meadows, to the village of East Hartford, expending in the construction of the bridge and causeway more than $96,000. The grant was not exclusive, and it was expressly provided in the charter…
1Opinion of the CourtEllsworth, J.
We have held this cause a long time under consideration, it being one of great pecuniary interest to the parties, and involving a question of much public interest.
The question grows out of the construction of the resolve of the General Assembly, passed in 1818, for the benefit of the Hartford Bridge Company. It is in the following words :— “ That whenever the bridge company shall have repaired said bridge without a draw, and shall have raised and repaired the causeway, to the acceptance of the commissioners appointed by the original grant, the ferries by law established between the towns of…
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- Palmer v. MulliganNew York Supreme Court · 1805
- Enfield Toll Bridge Co. v. Hartford & New-Haven Rail-RoadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1845
- Hooker v. CummingsNew York Supreme Court · 1822
- Hartford Bridge Co. v. Town of East-HartfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1844
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