Livingston v. Van Ingen
Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors
THE appellants filed their bill against the respondents, in the court of chancery~ on the 14th of Sep teniber3 1811. The bill stated: That on the 19th of March, 1787, the legislature of the state of New-York passed an act, entitled "An act for granting ~nd securing to Johr~ Fitch the sole right and advantage of making and employing for a limited time, the steam-boat by him lately invented;" which act recited: That whereas John~ Fitch, of Bucks county, in the state of…
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THE appellants filed their bill against the respondents, in the court of chancery~ on the 14th of Sep teniber3 1811. The bill stated: That on the 19th of March, 1787, the legislature of the state of New-York passed an act, entitled "An act for granting ~nd securing to Johr~ Fitch the sole right and advantage of making and employing for a limited time, the steam-boat by him lately invented;" which act recited: That whereas John~ Fitch, of Bucks county, in the state of Pennsqlvsnia, had represented to the legislature `of this state, that he had constructed an easy and expeditious method of…
1Opinion of the Court
. Yates, J.
This is an appeal from an order of the court of chancery, refusing to grant an injunction.
The appellants claim an exclusive right to navigate the waters of this state, by steam, for a limited time, grounded upon several statutes of this state, by which this right is granted, and intended to be protected and secured to them.
The respondents contend that the laws are void, as repugnant to the constitution and laws of the United States, and, therefore, give no right to the appellants upon which the relief, or injunction sought by their bill, could be founded. Two questions,…
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