Croley v. California Pacific R.R. Co.

In 1893 the appellant contemplated the construction of a new railroad bridge across the Sacramento River, at the city of Sacramento, and in response to an invitation from the board of supervisors of the county of Sacramento, its engineer appeared before that board and outlined the character and estimated cost of the bridge. There was at that time a bridge across the river, about four hundred feet above the place contemplated for such construction, which had been built many years prior thereto, and which had been used as a railroad bridge by the appellant, and also by the people of Sacramento…