Ogden v. Gibbons
New York Court of Chancery
AARON OGDEN filed his bill, on the 21st of October, 2818, against Thomas Gibbons, stating, that on the 19th of March +, ÍSFtj the Legislature granted to John Fitch, the exclusive right of using, for a limited time, a steam boat, &c.
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AARON OGDEN filed his bill, on the 21st of October, 2818, against Thomas Gibbons, stating, that on the 19th of March +, ÍSFtj the Legislature granted to John Fitch, the exclusive right of using, for a limited time, a steam boat, &c. That on the 2"'th of March, 1788, the Legislature repealed the act so made in favour of Fitch and passed an act granting a similar right to Robert R. Livingston, for twenty years; and on the 5th of April, 1803, granted the like right to Robert R. Livingston, and Robert Fulton, for twenty years. That on the 6th of April, 1807, the Legislature passed another act in…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
The motion to dissolve the injunc-tion is founded upon the matter contained in the answer.
The defendant sets up two grounds of right to navigate; with steam boats between the city of New- York and Halsted’s Point, within the township of Elizabethtown, in New-Jersey: (I) A license to carry on the coasting trade, granted under the laws of the United States, and (2) a license under the representatives of Livingston and Fulton.
1. The act of Congress (passed ISth of February, 1793, ch. 8.) referred -to in the answer, provides for the enrolling and licensing ships and vessels to be…
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