Fanning v. Gregoire
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Iowa. It originated in the State Court, called the District Court of the County of Dubuque, and was transferred to the District Court of the United States, at the instance of Gregoire and Bogg, the .defendants. Gregoire was a .citizen and resident of Missouri, and Bogg of Illinois. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
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This was an appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Iowa. It originated in the State Court, called the District Court of the County of Dubuque, and was transferred to the District Court of the United States, at the instance of Gregoire and Bogg, the .defendants. Gregoire was a .citizen and resident of Missouri, and Bogg of Illinois. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court. The District Court dismissed the petition of Fanning, with costs, upon the ground that his ferry franchise was not exclusive, whereupon he appealed to this court.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice McLEAÑ
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Iowa.
The plaintiff filed his petition in the District Court of the county'of Dubuque, stating that by an act of the legislative assembly of the. Territory of Iowa, approved the 14th of December, 1838, he was authorized to establish and keep a férry across the Mississippi, at the town of Dubuque, and depart from and land-at any place on the public landing of said town for the term of twenty years from the passage of said act; and that the act provided that no…
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