Prosser v. Northern Pacific Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT O'F WASHINGTON. This was a bill in equity, filgd December 29, 1891, and amended May 27, 1892, in the 'Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Washington, by the Northern Pacific Eailroad Company, a corporation created and existing under the laws of the United States, for an injunction to prevent Prosser and four other persons, constituting the board of harbor line commissioners of the State of…
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT O'F WASHINGTON. This was a bill in equity, filgd December 29, 1891, and amended May 27, 1892, in the 'Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Washington, by the Northern Pacific Eailroad Company, a corporation created and existing under the laws of the United States, for an injunction to prevent Prosser and four other persons, constituting the board of harbor line commissioners of the State of Washington, from establishing harbor lines and lines of waterways in front of the city and in the harbor of Tacoma,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gray
It may be admitted that the Congress of the United States, while the present State of Washington was a Territory, had the power, in chartering a corporation to construct and maintain a railroad from Lake Superior to the Pacific Coast, to grant to the corporation such title or rights in lands below high water mark of tide waters of the Territory, as might be necessary or convenient for the building, maintenance, use and enjoyment of such structures as might be required for commerce and transportation on the railroad and by sea, and for transferring goods and passengers between the railroad and…
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- Weber v. Board of Harbor CommissionersSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- People v. New York & Staten Island Ferry Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1877
- Matter of Staten Island Rapid Transit Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Yesler v. Washington Harbor Line CommissionersSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- State v. Sargent & Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1877
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