Gibbons v. Ogden
Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors
APPEAL from the Court of Chancery, Aaron Ogden filed his bill in the Court of Chancery on the 21st of October, 1818, against Thomas Gibbons, stating that on the 19th of March, 1787, the legislature granted to John Fitch the exclusive right of using, for a limited time, a steam-boat, &c.
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APPEAL from the Court of Chancery, Aaron Ogden filed his bill in the Court of Chancery on the 21st of October, 1818, against Thomas Gibbons, stating that on the 19th of March, 1787, the legislature granted to John Fitch the exclusive right of using, for a limited time, a steam-boat, &c. That on the 27th of March, 1788, the legislature repealed the act so made in favor of Fitch, and passed an act granting a similar right to Robert R. Livingston for twenty years ; and on the 5th of April, 1803, granted the like right to Robert It. Livingston, and Robert Fulton, for twenty years. That on the 6th…
1Opinion of the CourtPlatt, J.
This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Chancery, denying a motion for dissolving an injunction, whereby the steam-boat of the appellant was restrained from running between Elizabeih-town Point in New-Jersey and the city of New- York.
The great question which arose in the case of Livingston and Fulton v. Van Ingen and others, (9 Johns. Rep. 507.) whether this state had the power to grant an exclusive right of navigating its waters with steam-boats, is again raised in this cause. That question was then elaborately and profoundly discussed on appeal in this court; and after mature…
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