Savannah & N. Y. Transp. Co. v. Klaren Bridge Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of South Carolina, at Charleston; Henry A. Middleton Smith, Judge. Action by the Klaren Bridge Company against the Savannah & New York Transportation Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
PRITCHARD, Circuit Judge.
This case comes here on a writ of error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of South Carolina. The facts may be epitomized as follows:
Wappoo cut, or creek, is a narrow navigable stream in the state of South Carolina, running westwardly from the western bank of the Ashley river opposite the city of Charleston. In January, 1897, Wap-poo Bridge Company received a charter from the state authorizing it to operate a toll bridge. The General Assembly of South Carolina then passed an act, approved the 11th of February, 1898, authorizing the…
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