Legal Opinion
United States v. Puget Sound Nav. Co
District Court, W.D. Washington
Decided August 30, 1938No. 21037PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWEN, District Judge.
“A ferry is a continuation of the highway from one side of the water over which it passes to the other, and is for transportation of passengers or of travelers with their teams and vehicles and such other property as they may carry or have with them.” St. Clair County v. Interstate Sand & Car Transfer Co., 192 U.S. 454, 466, 24 S.Ct. 300, 304, 48 L.Ed. 518.
“The term ‘ferry’ does not apply to a line of steamboats from Albany to New York. ‘To speak of a ferry from New York to Albany is as great an abuse of terms as to talk of a ferry from New Orleans to St. Louis or…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Port Richmond & Bergen Point Ferry Co. v. Board of Chosen FreeholdersSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- St. Clair County v. Interstate Sand & Car Transfer Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Broadnax v. . BakerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1886
- Vallejo Ferry Co. v. Solano Aquatic ClubCalifornia Supreme Court · 1913
- People v. San Francisco & Alameda R.R.California Supreme Court · 1868
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Blennerhassett Historical Park Commission v. Public Service CommissionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1988
- Puget Sound Nav. Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1939