Niagara Falls International Bridge Co. v. Grand Trunk Railway Co. of Canada

The plaintiff Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge Company is a Canadian corporation with power under the law of its creation to “ unite with any other persons, company or body politic to construct a suspension or other bridge across the Niagara river.” The plaintiff Niagara Falls International Bridge Company is a New York corporation with somewhat similar powers. The boundary line between Canada and the United States is along the center of the Niagara river. Neither Canada nor any sovereignty within the United States could alone authorize the construction of the bridge. The sovereign-ties…