Pennsylvania v. Wheeling & Belmont Bridge Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was one of original jurisdiction in this court, upon the equity side; and may be said to be a continuation of the suit between the same parties reported in 13 How. 518. By turning to that case, the reader will perceive that at page 627, a day was given to the plaintiffs to move the court on the subject of the decree. It is now proposed to continue the narrative from that time.
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This case was one of original jurisdiction in this court, upon the equity side; and may be said to be a continuation of the suit between the same parties reported in 13 How. 518. By turning to that case, the reader will perceive that at page 627, a day was given to the plaintiffs to move the court on the subject of the decree. It is now proposed to continue the narrative from that time. The motion made by the complainant and the motion made by the defendants to dismiss the suit, need not be particularly stated. In the summer of 1854, the bridge was blown down by a violent storm, and the…
1Opinion of the Court
M. Justice NELSON
delivered the opinion of the court.
The motion in this case is founded upon a bill filed to carry into execution a decree of the court, rendered against the defendants at the adjourned term in May, 1852, which decree declared the bridge errected by them across the Ohio River, between Wheeling and Zane’s Island, to be an obstruction of the free navigation of the said river, and thereby occasioned a special damage to the plaintiff, for which- there was not an adequate remedy at law, and directed that the obstruction be removed, either by elevating the bridge to a height…
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