Legal Opinion
Delaware R. v. Weeks
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided August 15, 1923No. 509PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORRIS, District Judge.
Delaware Railroad Company and the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, owner and lessee, respectively, of a railroad bridge over the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal, instituted this suit against the Secretary of War, the engineer in charge of improvements being made to the banal, and the United States attorney for the district of Delaware, to enjoin the removal of the bridge by the defendants or their compelling, by a resort to criminal proceedings, its removal or alteration by the plaintiffs, unless and until compensation and damages for such removal or alteration be paid or…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Philadelphia Co. v. StimsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- United States v. Chandler-Dunbar Water Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Union Bridge Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Gilman v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
- Scranton v. WheelerSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
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3Cited by7 opinions
- United States v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Ryan v. Chicago, B. & QR Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1932
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. Washington Electric Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1939
- State v. PutmanSuperior Court of Delaware · 1988
- 16.50, 10.04629, 3.34, 1.84, 5.97741, 3.94 and 7.49319 Acres of Land v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1965
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