Cayuga Bridge Co. v. Magee
New York Court of Chancery
^:aE ^ ™ cause was filed by the complainants, in jq27, to restrain the defendants and their associates from erecting a free bridge across the Seneca river or Cayuga outlet between the north bridge of the complainants and that of the Montezuma Bridge Company, under the act of the 16th of April,' 1825. An injunction was granted by the late chancellor, which had suspended the proceedings of the defendants. The cause was now brought to a hearing on bill and answer.
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^:aE ^ ™ cause was filed by the complainants, in jq27, to restrain the defendants and their associates from erecting a free bridge across the Seneca river or Cayuga outlet between the north bridge of the complainants and that of the Montezuma Bridge Company, under the act of the 16th of April,' 1825. An injunction was granted by the late chancellor, which had suspended the proceedings of the defendants. The cause was now brought to a hearing on bill and answer. The'facts in the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
The facts in this case are few and simple; and the Cause turns upon the legal construction of the act of incorporating the Cayuga Bridge Company, and the several acts ' amending the same. The company were incorporated in March, 1797, for the term of 25 years, for the purpose of building a bridge over' the Cayuga lake or the outlet *117thereof, with a capital of $25,000. (Sess. 20, ch. 59.) But the corporation was to bo dissolved if the bridge was not completed within three years from the time of their incorporation. By the act of March, 1799, (sess. 22, ch. 21,) the time for…
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