Wright v. Nagle
Supreme Court of the United States
Ebbob to the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
,Mb. Chief Justice Waite
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was a suit in equity brought by Wright and Shorter in the Superior Court of Floyd County, Georgia, to restrain the defendants from continuing and maintaining a toll-bridge across the Etowah River, at Rome, in that county. The facts are these: In July, 1851, the Inferior Court of Floyd County entered into a contract with one H. Y. M; Miller, by which the.court, for a good and valuable consideration, granted to Miller and his heirs and assigns for ever, so far as it had authority for that purpose, the exclusive right of opening…
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