Salliotte v. King Bridge Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan. This is an action of trespass on the ease. The plaintiff in error, who was the plaintiff below, is the owner of a tract of land bounded on its northern side by the river Rouge, and on its westerly side by a great public highway, called the “Detroit and Monroe Road,” which road crosses the river upon a public bridge at the northwestern corner of the plaintiff’s land.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan. This is an action of trespass on the ease. The plaintiff in error, who was the plaintiff below, is the owner of a tract of land bounded on its northern side by the river Rouge, and on its westerly side by a great public highway, called the “Detroit and Monroe Road,” which road crosses the river upon a public bridge at the northwestern corner of the plaintiff’s land. The river Rouge is a navigable stream emptying into the Detroit river, and wholly within the state of Michigan. The declaration avers that in…
1Opinion of the CourtBurton, Circuit Judge
1. The present structure took the place of an old bridge. It is not averred that the bridge was constructed without authority or unlawfully, and there was no evidence offered tending to show that the two townships were without authority in replacing the old by the new bridge, or exceeded their authority in contracti'ng for the construction of the particular bridge here in question. Under the law of Michigan, the county board of supervisors had the power to determine when and where navigable streams may be crossed by bridges; and, in the absence of any averment or evidence to the contrary, we…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Pumpelly v. Green Bay Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Transportation Co. v. ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Robbins v. Chicago CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1867
- Scranton v. WheelerSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Gibson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
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