Cardwell v. American Bridge Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM'THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR THE DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. Bill in equity, for the removal of a bridge erected by the defendant in error, over the American River in California, below the lands of the plaintiff in error .situate on that river. The American' River is a branch of the Sacramento River in California.
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APPEAL FROM'THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR THE DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. Bill in equity, for the removal of a bridge erected by the defendant in error, over the American River in California, below the lands of the plaintiff in error .situate on that river. The American' River is a branch of the Sacramento River in California. It is entirely within the State, and navigable for small steamboats and barges from its mouth to the town of Folsom, a distance of thirty miles. By its junction with the Sacramento River, vessels starting upon it can proceed to the bay of San Francisco, and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
delivered, the opinion of the court. He recited the facts as above stated, and continued:
The questions thus presented are neither new nor difficult of solution. Except in one particular, they have been considered and determined in many cases, of which the most important are Wilson v. Blackbird Creek Marsh Co., 2 Pet. 245; Pennsylvania v. Wheeling Bridge Co., 13 How. 518, 564; Gilman v. Philadelphia, 3 Wall. 713; Pound v. Turck, 95 U. S. 459; Escanaba Co. v. Chicago, 107 U. S. 678, and Miller v. Mayor of New York, 109 U. S. 385. In these cases the control of Congress over navigable waters…
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