Legal Opinion
Larson v. South Dakota
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 18, 1929No. 102PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taft
The exclusive ferry leases were contracts between the State and the petitioner. The Binghamton Bridge, 3 Wall. 51. Was the building of the bridge a breach of them?
The Supreme Court of the State has had the meaning of “ exclusive ferry franchise ” before it twice before this case, in Nixon v. Reid, 8 S. D. 507, and in Chamberlain Ferry & Cable Bridge v. King, 41 S. D. 246; but these cases did not require consideration of the effect of the term as applied to anything but ferries. The court said on that subject in the present case:
“All that is contemplated by the statute and all that was granted…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Huntington v. AttrillSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Proprietors of the Charles River Bridge v. Proprietors of the Warren BridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1837
- Providence Bank v. BillingsSupreme Court of the United States · 1830
- US v. Don Fernando De La Maza Arredondo & OthersSupreme Court of the United States · 1832
- New Orleans Waterworks Co. v. Louisiana Sugar Refining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1888
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3Cited by29 opinions
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- West Virginia Ex Rel. Dyer v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Reichelderfer v. QuinnSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Higginbotham v. City of Baton RougeSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
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