Williams v. Eggleston
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF ERRORS OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT. For three quarters of a century prior to 1887 the Hartford' Bridge Company had under a charter from the State, (Priv. Laws Conn. vol. 1, p. 254, Resolve of October, 1808), maintained a toll bridge over the Connecticut River at the city of Hartford. It also maintained on the east side of the bridge and connected therewith a causeway across the lowlands adjacent to the river.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF ERRORS OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT. For three quarters of a century prior to 1887 the Hartford' Bridge Company had under a charter from the State, (Priv. Laws Conn. vol. 1, p. 254, Resolve of October, 1808), maintained a toll bridge over the Connecticut River at the city of Hartford. It also maintained on the east side of the bridge and connected therewith a causeway across the lowlands adjacent to the river. On May 19, .1887, the legislature of the State passed an act making said bridge and causeway a free public highway, and providing for the condemnation of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brewer
Inasmuch as the plaintiff in error, when sued in the state-court, specifically set up certain sections of the Federal Constitution as a bar to the proceedings against him, and the judgment of the state court was that they constituted no such, bar, it is not open to question that this court has jurisdiction,, and the motion to dismiss must therefore be overruled.
The first contention of-plaintiff in error is that the contract of November 13, 1894, made between the state-'board and the Berlin Iron Bridge Company, was a valid contract, and that the two .acts of May 24, 1895, and June 28, 1895,…
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