Proprietors of the Charles River Bridge v. Proprietors of the Warren Bridge
Supreme Court of the United States
IN error to the supreme judicial court of Massachusetts.- The plaintiffs in error, are a corporation created by an act of the legislature of the state of Massachusetts, passed on the 9th of March, 1785, entitled “ An act for incorporating certain persons for the purpose of building a bridge over Charles river, between Boston and Charlestown, and supporting the same during forty years.”
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IN error to the supreme judicial court of Massachusetts.- The plaintiffs in error, are a corporation created by an act of the legislature of the state of Massachusetts, passed on the 9th of March, 1785, entitled “ An act for incorporating certain persons for the purpose of building a bridge over Charles river, between Boston and Charlestown, and supporting the same during forty years.” The preamble of the act states, “ whereas the erecting a bridge over Charles .river, in the place where the ferry between Boston and Charlestown is now kept, will be of great public utility, and Thomas Russell,…
1DissentJustice Story
This cause was argued at a former term of this Court, and having been' then held under advisement by the Court for a year, was, *584upon a difference of opinion among the judges, ordered to be again argued; and has accordingly been argued at the present term.
The arguments at the former term, were conducted with' great learning, research and ability; and have been renewed with equal learning, research and ability, at the present term. But the grounds have been, in some respects, varied; and new grounds have been ‘assumed, which require a distinct consideration. I have examined the case with the…
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