Luxton v. North River Bridge Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY. This wás a petition by the North River Bridge Company, incorporated by the act of Congress of July 11, 1890, c. 669, (the material part of which is copied in the margin,1) for the appointment under that act of commissioners to assess damages for the appropriation and condemnation, for the approaches to its bridge across the Hudson or North River, between the States of New York and New Jersey, of…
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY. This wás a petition by the North River Bridge Company, incorporated by the act of Congress of July 11, 1890, c. 669, (the material part of which is copied in the margin,1) for the appointment under that act of commissioners to assess damages for the appropriation and condemnation, for the approaches to its bridge across the Hudson or North River, between the States of New York and New Jersey, of land of Sarah Luxton in the city of Hoboken and the county of Hudson in the latter State. Upon the order of the Circuit…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gray
The validity of the act of Congress incorporating the North River Bridge Company rests upon principles of constitutional law, now established beyond dispute.
The Congress of the United States, being empowered by the Constitution to regulate commerce among the several States, and to pass all laws necessary or proper for carrying into execution any. of the powers specifically conferred, may make use of any appropriate means for this end. As said by Chief Justice Marshall, “The power of creating a corporation, though appertaining to sovereignty, is not, like the power of making war, or levying…
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