New Jersey v. United States

WORTENDYKE, District Judge.

This case (Erie case) was heard together with that of State of New Jersey v. United States of America, D.C., 168 F.Supp. 324 (N. Y. Central case) on November 3, 1958. Both cases involved common questions of law and fact. Our opinion in the N. Y. Central case is being filed simultaneously herewith and will be referred to frequently herein.

Erie, like New York Central, operates a ferry across the Hudson River, between Jersey City, New Jersey, and New York City, as part of its line of railroad which enters its terminal in Jersey City. New York, Susquehanna and Western…