Silliman v. Hudson River Bridge Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
.Both these cases came up on certificates of the judges of the Circuit.-Court that they were divided, in opinion on certain points raised at the trial. . ■ ■ • The questions on which the judges divided in the court below are mentioned in the opinion of Mr. Justice Nelson. The arguments of counsel here were mainly on the merits of the cause; but- this court being also divided,' nothing was determined except the points of practice noted at the head of this report.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Nelson
These were suits in equity, in which the bills .were filed in October, 1856, to obtain a decree for an injunction perpetually restraining the defendant from erecting a bridge across the Hudson river, at Albany, authorized by an act of the Legislature of the State of New York, passed on the 9th day of April, 1856. The defendant answered both bills, to which general replications were filed and'proofs taken, and the causes brought on for hearing, and heard together, upon pleadings and proofs.
And upon the hearing of each of the said causes, the following-questions1 occurred, to wit:
First. Whether…
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