Attorney General of the State ex rel. Pettee v. Stevens
New Jersey Court of Chancery
In this case an information was filed in tbe name of the Attorney General, (at the relation of Daniel Pettee and Joshua Smith,) against the defendants, to restrain the Camden and Am-boy Railroad and Transportation company, and tbe defendants acting under their authority, from erecting a bridge, on the route of said road, over South river, a navigable stream in tbe county of Middlesex.
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In this case an information was filed in tbe name of the Attorney General, (at the relation of Daniel Pettee and Joshua Smith,) against the defendants, to restrain the Camden and Am-boy Railroad and Transportation company, and tbe defendants acting under their authority, from erecting a bridge, on the route of said road, over South river, a navigable stream in tbe county of Middlesex. Tbe grounds charged in the information, and relied on in the argument, were ; 1. That the stock of the company was not legally subscribed according to the terms of the charter; the commissioners, by their…
1Opinion of the Court
The ChaNCellor.
This is an information filed by Daniel Pettee and Joshua Smith, in the name of the Attorney General of the state, for the purpose of obtaining an injunction to restrain and prevent the defendants, who profess to act under the authority of the Camden and Amboy Railroad and Transportation company, and also to restrain the said company, from erecting a certain bridge over South river, in the county of Middlesex. It is alleged, that South river is a navigable stream ; the tide ebbing and flowing at the place where the bridge is sought to be erected: that it is, of course, a public…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Commonwealth v. CoombsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1807
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